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February 18, 2005 at 11:03 AM
linuxman3

Network Device Priority

by linuxman3 . Updated 18 years, 2 months ago

I have two ethernet controllers installed where i work. One is a wireless NIC, the other is a wired NIC. The wireless NIC carries the internet connection. The wired NIC connects to a data server. This is just how it works out for us right now. My boss just installed XP sp2. Now the wired NIC, when it is enabled, is what my computer searches for to get to the internet. When i disable it, it searches for the internet connection through the wireless NIC, which is where the connection should be coming from.

I need both of these network connections enabled, but i want the internet to connect from the wireless card. Service Pack 2 (friggin windows) doesn’t want me to do it. Is there a way to set the device priority some how, so that i can have both cards enabled, and have internet run from the wireless card, like how it used to be?

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