Chosing network card priority

[Podolak]

Ok, so here is the situation.

I have my laptop connected to a Lan via a 10/100 Ethernet Card. This lan is on a cable modem and the Internet access for it is much faster. I also have a 802.11G Wireless card in my laptop that connects to our corporate lan so I can access things on that server. That connection also provides internet via a frac T1. The problem is that although my computer is connected to both it is chosing to access the internet via the T1 which is slower than the cable modem connection. What I need to know is how to set the priority so that the computer will send all internet traffic via the 10/100 Ethernet Card. Any help with this matter would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Saltin]

What OS are you running?

With Windows 2000/XP, right click my network places, select properties, open the Advanced menu up top and then choose Advanced Settings.

You'll see a list of all the NIC's in the system, and arrows for bumping them up and down (priority)

 

[ncl]

Either that or if there are only certain IP blocks (usually private for a corporate LAN/WAN) you can just run a few route statements to force your LAN traffic over the wireless.

 

[Podolak]

I had to reboot afterwords but your idea worked great Saltin. Thanks a lot!