how to send data out a different NIC depending on its destination

[Kenshin911]

I've got several computers all running Windows xp. They all have 2 NICs in them. Right now I'm only using one of the NICs and they're all connected to the same network which is also connected to the internet.

What I want to do is hook up a second network between all my computers and when one computer trys to send or recieve data to a local PC, it will use the second network card instead of the primary. I want all internet traffic to go through the primary network. Is there a way to tell windows to use a specific network card when comunicating with a specific IP address? how do you do this?

 

[JackMDS]

Unbind the Internet TCP/IP from File Sharing, add NetBEUI to the second network protocol list, and all local traffic would go to the secondary Network.

 

[jlazzaro]

is there a reason for doing this other than wanting to use the empty second NIC? can't see any advantages to this setup...

none the less, linky

 

[Kenshin911]

Do I unbind TCP/IP on both NICs?

Does NetBEUI work well? My primary (internet) network is 100Mbps, but my secondary is 1Gb. Does that matter? What about playing Unreal Tournament on the LAN? Where will that traffic go?

 

[JackMDS]

You need TCP/IP for Internet and many LAN games. I am talking about Unbinding the File Sharing Not the whole protocol.

However, I agree with jlazzaro unless there is a special situation that such a split can help there is No point in doing this.