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How to force browser to use only the wireless nic

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itsecuritytech

IS-IT--Management
Jan 17, 2003
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Hello everyone, hopefully someone here can help me out on this one. Here is my problem:
I have a user with a laptop that has a internal network card as well as an external wireless device (Netgear MA101/USB). What he would like to be able to do is connect to the local network by using the internal nic (cat-5) and access the internet through the wireless nic.
What I have done so far:
It is easy to set up initially, I just enplugged the hard wired connection and then connected to the internet using IE after deselecting the 'automaticly detect settings' check box. The problem was that I unplugged the wireless adaptor and plugged the cat-5 back in then rebooted, IE redirected itself back to the cat-5 connection.

How can I force the browser to use only one specific network card without loosing the local lan connection?
 
The whole idea behind wireless is so you don't have any wires.
Why would you want to have both connections?????
 
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