Multiple Network Cards and Networks

Multiple Network Cards and Networks

Hi,
My home PC has 2 network cards in it:
  1. Wireless network card that is used for accessing my wireless ADSL 
router. THis is the primary neto9wrk interface I use to connect to the 
internet
  2. An on board ethernet NIC that I am trying to use as a private network. 
This is connected to a netgear switch on my desk, which I use as a private 
network that I plug my laptop into.

The problem
=========
I have Vista Ultimate 654 Bit edition running with all patches. The issue I 
have is that the network settings are a bitg hard to understand.
Logically, I was expecting that I could set the wireless as a public 
network, so that no sharing etc occurs across it, and that the ethernet  
connected to the switch was the internal network. This internal network would 
be used to access all internal network resource only.
The problem seems to manifest in that in Network and Sharing Center, for the 
local only network I cannot change the name or the icons etc. Also, when I 
set it to Private, the settings are lost.

I am in the IT game, so find this irritating beyond belief. 
Is it just me doing something wrong here, or is it not possible to have the 
setup I have described above?

Any help from any one is very much appreciated.

Regards

date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 02:48:01 -0700 author: Richard

Re: Multiple Network Cards and Networks

Hi richard,

Firstly if this response is oversimplified I apologise.

just some things I would check

The 2 networks are on different subnets
Manual IP addressing for wired and auto for wireless
No gateway on the Wired
The file and printer sharing is on for the wired and off for the
wireless.
The Microsoft network client is on for the wired and off for the
wireless.

Hopefully this set up will allow you to set the Private / Public
settings for each network

you may also have to setup manual IP routing for the private network

basic examples of how to in Vista 'Here'
(http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows/adding-a-tcpip-route-to-the-windows-routing-table/)

hope this helps


-- 
barman58

Regards, 
*Nigel* 
the beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not
understand.,- frank herbert

date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 06:51:30 -0500 author: barman58

Re: Multiple Network Cards and Networks

On Sun, 21 Sep 2008 06:51:30 -0500, barman58 
wrote:

>
>Hi richard,
>
>Firstly if this response is oversimplified I apologise.

You should be apologizing to eveyone else for not quoting the post -
or the relevant part of the post - that you are replying to.

Many of us have other Usenent stops and don't spend all of our time in
one place so it's not that easy to keep it all in memory.

You post a lot.  You should learn to quote.


>
>just some things I would check
>
>The 2 networks are on different subnets
>Manual IP addressing for wired and auto for wireless
>No gateway on the Wired
>The file and printer sharing is on for the wired and off for the
>wireless.
>The Microsoft network client is on for the wired and off for the
>wireless.
>
>Hopefully this set up will allow you to set the Private / Public
>settings for each network
>
>you may also have to setup manual IP routing for the private network
>
>basic examples of how to in Vista 'Here'
>(http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows/adding-a-tcpip-route-to-the-windows-routing-table/)
>
>hope this helps

date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 09:00:00 -0500 author: Paul Montgomery

Re: Multiple Network Cards and Networks

Barman,
Thanks for the response. I did not try with a static IP. However, what would 
I put for the gateway, as there is no gaetway for that NIC? 

Also, since one of my PC's is a laptop that I use for work, the ideal 
situation would be for it to store a network "profile" that is automatically 
turned on when I connect to the network that I have associated with the 
profile. So, for example, when I am at work, the work profile is enabled 
(with the Internet proxy and DHCP), whereas when I am at home, the "Home" 
profile is activated (no DHCP and static IP). Does anyone know if this is 
even remotely possible?

I love Vista, but feel that this is the one thing that got horribly broken.

Regards

Richard

"barman58" wrote:

> 
> Hi richard,
> 
> Firstly if this response is oversimplified I apologise.
> 
> just some things I would check
> 
> The 2 networks are on different subnets
> Manual IP addressing for wired and auto for wireless
> No gateway on the Wired
> The file and printer sharing is on for the wired and off for the
> wireless.
> The Microsoft network client is on for the wired and off for the
> wireless.
> 
> Hopefully this set up will allow you to set the Private / Public
> settings for each network
> 
> you may also have to setup manual IP routing for the private network
> 
> basic examples of how to in Vista 'Here'
> (http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows/adding-a-tcpip-route-to-the-windows-routing-table/)
> 
> hope this helps
> 
> 
> -- 
> barman58
> 
> Regards, 
> *Nigel* 
> the beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not
> understand.,- frank herbert
>

date: Sun, 21 Sep 2008 15:06:01 -0700 author: Richard