Binding Applications to a NIC

[bishank]

I have an XP machine with 2 NICs. Each NIC accesses a different network.

NIC1 is connected to a private intranet
NIC2 is connected to the internet.

Is there a way to have IE use NIC1 to access websites in the intranet.
While Firefox and other apps access NIC2 and the internet.

 

[SimonDavies]

The only way I can think of doing this on a semi easy way would be to do it via a proxy server.

I haven't used it myself but a quick search found

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Servers/Proxy-Servers/FreeProxy.shtml

Perhaps that will do it for you?

SimonD.

The real world is not about exam scores, it's about ability.

 

[Diancecht]

So the users will need to know what to type in each browser ... why not the same browser for all applications?

Cheers,
Dian

 

[wcburton]

You do not bind applications to NICs. What you want is all handled by routing. Your browser will resolves names to addresses and then your local route table will know which NIC leads to which addresses.

If NIC1 (the private intranet) is all in the same IP domain, you do not need a default gateway on NIC1. You would put your default gateway on NIC2 and anything that does not belong to your intranet goes through NIC2 to the internet.

If NIC1 has multiple subnets reachable through a router, then you will probably need to add persistent route statements.