Using two networks at once?

[imported_browsing]

I'm staying at an extended stay hotel that has free wifi, but it is unencrypted and not really suitable for secure things that I will need to be checking on a regular basis like banking etc. I have a wifi card from at&t that has it's own network connection. Is there some third party program I can use to route different programs to these connections? for example, route firefox and aim to my secured wifi connection and let a program like logmein ignition go through the unsecured network since it's got its own protection? I've tried googling this and I don't think I'm phrasing what I need to do properly. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[spidey07]

Not really. Without getting too technical the best bet is to do things you need secured on your AT&T card and make sure you turn your wifi card off.

 

[imported_browsing]

I guess that is the answer then. I've found many others asking the same thing through google searches but I've yet to find an answer. I just find it hard to believe that no one makes something to manage multiple networks at the same time.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: browsing
I guess that is the answer then. I've found many others asking the same thing through google searches but I've yet to find an answer. I just find it hard to believe that no one makes something to manage multiple networks at the same time.

It's because the applications make calls to the OS to open sockets for communication. It's rather difficult to get the OS and IP stack to behave differently based on application. The stack doesn't know or care what is making calls to it.

 

[JackMDS]

Originally posted by: browsing I've found many others asking the same thing through google searches but I've yet to find an answer. I just find it hard to believe that no one makes something to manage multiple networks at the same time.

The same people that have the system to Drive your Sedan and SUV together using only One Driver and going to different places have the solution for two NICs too.

Two regular cars were Not meant to be driven together by One drivers, and so are two NICs in the same computer while using a client OS (Regular Windows, as oppose to Special Severs).

Every body knows cars. Very few really understand the real base Computer technology.

 

[dman]

Aren't your banking sessions encrypted via TLS/HTTPS?

Many of the hotel systems (I've been to) have the wireless open (not using WPA/WEP) but do use a separate authentication system. If it's setup properly they are likely blocking the other devices on the 'wireless' network from seeing you (and vice versa). Try doing a port scan / ping test using IPSCAN and I bet you don't see any other devices outside of you and the gateway.

If you are still looking for options, perhaps you could use VMWare (or other virtual pc software) and bind that v.host network adapter to the wifi card (or att card) and separate the sessions that way?

 

[Emulex]

i'd be really surprised if the hotel system wasn't using wlan port isolation and firewall to keep you guys separated. unless its the motel 6???

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Emulex
i'd be really surprised if the hotel system wasn't using wlan port isolation and firewall to keep you guys separated. unless its the motel 6???

you don't know much about hotel systems then. They rarely employ this feature. And nothing is stopping me from listening to everything you do.