Hi, I have been trying to configure this for almost two days. I have just installed Windows 7 Ultimate on a brand new computer with a wireless and a wired card. I connect to the internet through the wireless and to other computers on the network through the 1GB wired network. These other computers can also be reached through the wireless as they use the same router to connect to the internet. How do I force Windows to use the fast wired network when reaching these computers while still using the wireless for the internet? Thanks, Mike Hatter

You can do this using the route commands from a command prompt (type "route /?" for details), but since both your wireless and wired networks are connected to the same network I'd sey you would be better off disabling your wireless NIC and just use the wired for everything. Is there anythin in particular you are trying to achieve?

Your question "How do I force Windows to use the fast wired network when reaching these computers while still using the wireless for the internet?" If you configure the Wired NIC with a static IP address and NO default gateway, this will force your computer to use the Wireless NIC for Internet access. Visit: anITKB.com, an IT Knowledge Base.

TheMHatters question was the opposite: How to force usage of the wired network for accessing local resources.

Yes, my response did cover that question. That configuration should use the wired network for local resources and wireless for internet access. This should adjust the routing table accordingly. If it does not, some additional adjustments can be made by modifying the routing table.Visit: anITKB.com, an IT Knowledge Base.

[JM9], your solution does nothing to prevent connections to local computers through the wireless network. That said, I'm not sure if TheMHatters wishes are even achievable. If you add a route for the local network on the wired NIC only, then the wireless will not be able to connect to the router. TheMHatter: Assuming your router is your DHCP server, is your router capable of providing different addresses for the wired and the wireless network?