Can I use one lan card in my computer strictly for connecting to a network and another lan card for dsl at the same time

[maximus]

I have two lan cards installed in my pc, but i can't concurrently fully use the network and lan card because of configuration problems. let me say that i can browse my network all the time, but i am having problems connecting to a tcp/ip game over the network. This setup is primlarily for gaming on the network. I can browse files on other computers on my network, but I can't get my computer to recognize a game that is being held over the network. I've heard it is possible to configure the cards to run normally at the same time but i have no idea how to do that. Thanks in advance for the help.

 

[ScottMac]

Yes, you can, but you'll need to add a static route for the LAN.

Set your default gateway for the Internet NIC's next hop / gateway, according to your ISP's instruction.

From a DOS box (assuming Windows of one kind or another), enter :

Route add 192.168.1.0 mask 255.255.255.0 metric 0

Details: Replace the 192.168.1.0 with whatever network address your using (note: the NETWORK NUMBER, the last octet is probably gonna be zero), replace the mask number with the mask you're using, metric is usually not needed by Windows, use it or don't.

On WIN2K, and NT, you can make the route stick by adding a -P (persistant) so it'll be re-established after you reboot. I don't think 9x honors the -P, so you might have to enter it manually after a boot, or make it part of the startup script.

With this setup, any address on your LAN wil go to your LAN, everything else goes to the Internet.

Good Luck

Scott

 

[maximus]

i tried what you said with no positive result. i may be confusing what you want me to enter. the data for the card with dsl or the the one connected to the network? thanks