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Posted 10 October 2004 - 09:04 AM

How can I force an application to use a spceific network adapter on my computer?

1) Wired NIC
2) Wireless NIC

I need to force an application to use the wireless nic.. any suggestions?


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Posted 10 October 2004 - 02:38 PM

I assume that every network adapter has a different IP. So in your application you must specify which IP to use thus involving the network adapter NIC.

It's just a thought. This is how i manage my two network adapters on my PC.

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Posted 10 October 2004 - 09:01 PM

gabriel_buc, on Oct 10 2004, 12:38 PM, said:

I assume that every network adapter has a different IP. So in your application you must specify which IP to use thus involving the network adapter NIC.

It's just a thought. This is how i manage my two network adapters on my PC.

Cheers

Tried that, however azureus & bittornado are unable to bind the the specified IP. Any other suggestions?

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Posted 11 October 2004 - 01:19 AM

As I said before I have 2 network adapters. One used for directly connecting to the internet, the other one is used to create a network with another computer who can also acces the internet via ICS.

I use Azureus on the first computer (the one with 2 network adapters) WITHOUT specifing which IP to use. It detects by itself.

Anyway you can force which IP to use. For that go to View>Configuration>Server
There you have 2 textboxes "Override IP adress sent to tracker" and "Bind to local IP". I must say that I don't know exactly what each option is used for. First try to put your wireless adapter IP in the second textbox to bind to local IP. See if it works... If not then try to fill the first textbox too.

Hope this helps you.
Tell me if it worked.

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Posted 11 October 2004 - 04:18 AM

Perhaps I should have been more descriptive in my previous posts :P sorry.

Network Setup:
NIC 1: SMC EZ Card 10/100 PCI (SMC1211TX) - 10.0.0.100
NIC 2: D-Link AirPlus DWL-520+ Wireless PCI Adapter - 192.168.1.205

NIC 1 is connected to LinkSys BEFSR41 Wired Router
NIC 2 is connected to LinkSys BEFW154 Wireless Router

LinkSys BEFSR41 Wired Router is connected to DSL modem.
LinkSys BEFW154 Wireless Router is connected to cable modem.


Azureus Configuration:
Configuration -> Server
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx - Override IP address sent to tracker - Only use if you realy know why you'd need it!
192.168.1.205 - Bind to local IP address


Azureus continues to use my wired adapter instead of my wireless adapter.
Under network connections -> tools -> advanced, the wireless adapter has higher priority... still no luck.

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Posted 11 October 2004 - 05:19 AM

In this case i'm sorry. I'm clueless. I have no other ideas ...

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