Any way to specify certain program to use certain NICs in a PC?

[Kelemvor]

Well, I think this is Highly Technical as no one I've talked to has been able to find a way. Now of course, that could be because there isn't any way, but I refuse to accept that answer. At least not yet...

Anyway, here we go.

Windows XP
Dell D610 Laptop
Intell 2200 internal Wireless Card

On my laptop at work I have a Wired connection and a Wireless connection. The wired connectino hooks up to our internal network and the wired connection I can hook up to our test network which has different settings.

What I want to do is be able to set Firefox to use the Wired connection because that doesn't need to be on the internal network to function. Then I want everything else to connect through the Wireless connection.

I know that in the advanced settings from the Network area in Windows I can tell Windows which NIC to use by default, but if I set that to Wireless, is there a way to force Firefox to use the wired one? And of course could it then default back to wireless if the wired jack wasn't actually plugged in?

So there you go. I've asked a few of our support guys about this and we haven't been able to come up with a solution so I'm hoping someone here knows a way. Doesn't amtter if it's editing the registry or installing some other program to intercept the network traffic or what. Any solution would be more than I have now.

Thanks!

 

[harrkev]

Easy:

Step one: Post this question to the NETWORKING page of this forum.

Step two: Let the people on the NETWORKING page answer your NETWORKING question.

Step three: Read the very first post on this HIGHLY TECHNICAL page that says "Do not post troubleshooting questions here."

You're welcome.

 

[Kelemvor]

How is tihs troubleshooting? I'm just asking if it's possible. not asking for help doing it, asking for informatino on if it can be done or not. If someone confirms it can be and what I might be looking for, then I'll go off and find the answer.

Have a nice day.

 

[Matthias99]

Originally posted by: FrankyJunior
How is tihs troubleshooting? I'm just asking if it's possible. not asking for help doing it, asking for informatino on if it can be done or not. If someone confirms it can be and what I might be looking for, then I'll go off and find the answer.

Have a nice day.

This is NOT A HIGHLY TECHNICAL QUESTION. Ask in Networking, since this is a question about configuring network settings.

I'm pretty sure you can set up routing tables so that only traffic to specific subnets goes over one connection or the other. I'm not sure about doing it on a per-application basis. Ask in the Networking forum.