How do I choose which adapter to use for Internet access?

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Which of your interfaces is configured with a default gateway? Windows
doesn't support having more than one default gateway defined. If you've got
a DG on your wireless NIC, remove it. Only the wired NIC connected to your
cable modem should have a DG configured.

Steve Riley
steriley@microsoft.com



"Mark P" <groups.20.dreamstorm@neverbox.com> wrote in message
news:b80d5eb6.0412070114.1f582b2e@posting.google.com...
> My setup... one computer with two connections:
>
> 1. Cable internet.
> 2. Wireless private LAN.
>
> Internet is normally provided by the cable modem.
>
> All goes well until someone on wireless starts sharing his internet
> connection. Windows, being clever, detects this new connectivity
> option, and starts directing my internet traffic over wireless. Since
> the wireless connection is less reliable (and not secure), I soon
> start getting page timeouts and other connectivity problems.
> Meanwhile, the perfectly good cable modem sits unused.
>
> The question, then:
>
> How do I tell Windows to only use the wired network for outgoing
> internet access?