Hello all,

I am using internet on a laptop and a desktop through a wifi network with 
a router and all is fine.

However when the laptop is in the office close to the desktop I have an 
RJ45 cable to connect them both to swap files.

I would like to be able to tell xp pro (on both machines) that the LOCAL 
traffic (192.168.0.X) has to use the RJ45 cable when available but that 
the INTERNET traffic must ALWAYS use the wifi.

The problme is that as soon as the cable connectipons are active xp tries 
to use these for internet since they are faster than wifi and of course it 
does not work because the cable is only connected between the laptop and 
the desktop without ANY access to the router.

How could I do this ?

Thanks

You may want to modify the routing table. This case study may help,

Routing One router goes to the corporation email server and another one goes to the Internet. Symptoms: you have one router connecting to the corporation for email ...
      www.chicagotech.net/routing.htm 


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
  Hello all,

  I am using internet on a laptop and a desktop through a wifi network with 
  a router and all is fine.

  However when the laptop is in the office close to the desktop I have an 
  RJ45 cable to connect them both to swap files.

  I would like to be able to tell xp pro (on both machines) that the LOCAL 
  traffic (192.168.0.X) has to use the RJ45 cable when available but that 
  the INTERNET traffic must ALWAYS use the wifi.

  The problme is that as soon as the cable connectipons are active xp tries 
  to use these for internet since they are faster than wifi and of course it 
  does not work because the cable is only connected between the laptop and 
  the desktop without ANY access to the router.

  How could I do this ?

  Thanks



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In article <op.tglgu7hl284jx6@acer>, Txl <T**@txl.com> wrote:
Show quoteHide quoteAssign a static IP address, in a different subnet than 192.168.0.x, to
each computer's wired LAN connection.  For example, 192.168.1.1 and
192.168.1.2.  Don't assign a default gateway address to the wired LAN
connection.

When you want to access the other computer over the wired LAN, don't
use My Network Places.  Instead, type the other computer's IP address
in the Start > Run box preceded by two backslashes.  For example:

   \\192.168.1.1

That will open a window showing the shared disks and folders on the
other computer.

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