2 nics on same subnet

[buckwheat]

wired: 10.2.1.5 subnet 255.255.0.0 gateway 10.2.1.1
the other wireless: 10.2.1.6 subnet 255.255.0.0 gateway 10.2.1.1

10.2.1.1 (wireless1) is an 802.11b wireless router - but I can't reach
it from the upstairs. So -

I setup 10.2.1.3 (wireless2) which is an 11G wireless router. I can
connect to this one, but the NIC won't even speak IP to it! (pings
from the wireless card fail)

I guess I just want to be able to choose which one is "active". In
other words, I want to send data to the LAN via the wire, I can choose
that NIC. If I want it to go wireless, I'd like to choose that NIC
via wireless2.

For argument, if I had 5 NICs in the same box, all on the same subnet,
how do I tell WinXP which one to use if they all use the same
subnet/gateway?

Buck

 

[Jetro]

Connections order is described in Network Properties/menu
Advanced/AdvancedSettings.

You don't need to have more than one logical interface for each
segment/subnet (physical adapters can be grouped if they support Teaming).
The network bridge can create connections between different types of network
media such as Ethernet and wireless devices. Each media type is its own
network segment. You can create a single subnet for the entire home or small
office network by using Network Bridge across mixed media segments.

 

[Kent W. England [MVP]]

wired: 10.2.1.5 subnet 255.255.0.0 gateway 10.2.1.1
the other wireless: 10.2.1.6 subnet 255.255.0.0 gateway 10.2.1.1

10.2.1.1 (wireless1) is an 802.11b wireless router - but I can't reach
it from the upstairs. So -

I setup 10.2.1.3 (wireless2) which is an 11G wireless router. I can
connect to this one, but the NIC won't even speak IP to it! (pings
from the wireless card fail)

I guess I just want to be able to choose which one is "active". In
other words, I want to send data to the LAN via the wire, I can choose
that NIC. If I want it to go wireless, I'd like to choose that NIC
via wireless2.

Subnets are for choosing interfaces. If you want to send data via the
wire, use subnet1. If you want to send wireless, use subnet2.

For example

wired: ip 10.2.1.x subnet-mask 255.255.255.0 def-gw 10.2.1.1
wireless: ip 10.2.2.x subnet-mask 255.255.255.0 def-gw 10.2.2.1

Your wireless routers can route from wireless to wired and your
multi-homed host can choose wired or wireless based on IP address. The
only difference is your multi-homed host isn't routing.