Assigning applications to use different networks

My laptop has an RJ45 connector for direct connection to my dsl modem,
but I also have a usb2 wireless adapter.

Is it possible to use 2 different networks at the same time, one
wired, one wireless?

For example, if I am using a p2p software I would want it to use my
wired connection, if I open up a web browser, I want Vista to first
try to see if it can find a wireless hotspot to use.


Can this be done??

On 6 Apr 2007 15:34:39 -0700, benn686@hotmail.com wrote in
<1175898879.783657.254070@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups .com>:

>My laptop has an RJ45 connector for direct connection to my dsl modem,
>but I also have a usb2 wireless adapter.
>
>Is it possible to use 2 different networks at the same time, one
>wired, one wireless?

Not by default in Windows, which tries to pick the "best" network by
metric.

>For example, if I am using a p2p software I would want it to use my
>wired connection, if I open up a web browser, I want Vista to first
>try to see if it can find a wireless hotspot to use.
>
>Can this be done??

Only by IP address, and only by manually constructing the routing, a
real PITA that's probably not worth it.

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