Priorities between 2 networks

[Txl]

Hello all,

I am using internet on a laptop and a desktop through a wifi network with
a router and all is fine.

However when the laptop is in the office close to the desktop I have an
RJ45 cable to connect them both to swap files.

I would like to be able to tell xp pro (on both machines) that the LOCAL
traffic (192.168.0.X) has to use the RJ45 cable when available but that
the INTERNET traffic must ALWAYS use the wifi.

The problme is that as soon as the cable connectipons are active xp tries
to use these for internet since they are faster than wifi and of course it
does not work because the cable is only connected between the laptop and
the desktop without ANY access to the router.

How could I do this ?

Thanks

 

[Robert L [MVP - Networking]]

You may want to modify the routing table. This case study may help,

Routing One router goes to the corporation email server and another one goes to the Internet. Symptoms: you have one router connecting to the corporation for email ...
www.chicagotech.net/routing.htm


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
Hello all,

I am using internet on a laptop and a desktop through a wifi network with
a router and all is fine.

However when the laptop is in the office close to the desktop I have an
RJ45 cable to connect them both to swap files.

I would like to be able to tell xp pro (on both machines) that the LOCAL
traffic (192.168.0.X) has to use the RJ45 cable when available but that
the INTERNET traffic must ALWAYS use the wifi.

The problme is that as soon as the cable connectipons are active xp tries
to use these for internet since they are faster than wifi and of course it
does not work because the cable is only connected between the laptop and
the desktop without ANY access to the router.

How could I do this ?

Thanks

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

Hello all,

I am using internet on a laptop and a desktop through a wifi network with
a router and all is fine.

However when the laptop is in the office close to the desktop I have an
RJ45 cable to connect them both to swap files.

I would like to be able to tell xp pro (on both machines) that the LOCAL
traffic (192.168.0.X) has to use the RJ45 cable when available but that
the INTERNET traffic must ALWAYS use the wifi.

The problme is that as soon as the cable connectipons are active xp tries
to use these for internet since they are faster than wifi and of course it
does not work because the cable is only connected between the laptop and
the desktop without ANY access to the router.

How could I do this ?

Thanks

Assign a static IP address, in a different subnet than 192.168.0.x, to
each computer's wired LAN connection. For example, 192.168.1.1 and
192.168.1.2. Don't assign a default gateway address to the wired LAN
connection.

When you want to access the other computer over the wired LAN, don't
use My Network Places. Instead, type the other computer's IP address
in the Start > Run box preceded by two backslashes. For example:

\\192.168.1.1

That will open a window showing the shared disks and folders on the
other computer.