BigHead50 Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 hello I have 2 routers for inet, 1 from DSL, 1 from RR cable...I have 5 main computers setup on 2 LAN s..each computer has 2 net cards, each hooked to a hub from each router...how can I set up each computer to use the card I choose to connect to the inet, and use the other card for lan only??I would like to be able to change from 1 card to the other for inet, and need to know what settings to enter in network properties tcpip...Now I can get inet on each computer, but the only way to make windows use the router I want, is to disable the other card...I know it is in the network tcpip properties settings, i just dont know which settings to change, and to what...Any info is appreciated....BigHead50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alon710 Posted February 16, 2007 Share Posted February 16, 2007 Hi,I hope I understood your situation.From my point of view, you have 2 routers, each router is connected to a hub.Each of the 2 hubs is connected to 5 computers with a PCI LAN card (one card for HUB1, and one card for HUB2).To separate the two hubs to 2 individual networks, you need to configure it logically (Local IP).Opening "Network Connections" from "Control Panel" will show you the connections which Windows XP discovered.You need to have on each from the 5 computers 2 icons.It's name should be "LAN" (Local Area Connection).Probably LAN and LAN2.Choose one of them, right click -> properties.In the items list, choose "TCP/IP".Here you can configure the IP for the network.I hope you'll be able to contiue from here alone.but if you need more help, tell me and I'll help you.Have a nice day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigHead50 Posted March 18, 2007 Author Share Posted March 18, 2007 hello alon710yes, I have figured that out for XP...now in vista, if I uncheck the tcp in properties, it disables file and printer sharing and client for microsoft also...In vista, how would I dissable tcp and keep file and printer sharing etc...?Any Ideas...? anyone...Thanks for the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 I am not for sure why you want to do it this way but you can set up one LAN on 192.168.1.1 (255.255.255.0) and the other on say 192.1.168.1 (255.255.0.0) to get separation between the 2 LANs and then choose the one you want for your ISP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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