BinkVillains... knock off all that evil
join:2006-05-14
Denver, CO
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Re: Wifi for internet, LAN for printing only? I don’t know why you got a 16/8 address for your default gateway or how you got two gateways for your wired NIC, but, with regard to your printing, it is likely everything is working because 192.168.1/24 traffic goes out the wireless NIC and 192.168.0/24 traffic goes out your wired NIC. If you keep it as it is now, you’ll be fine—Windows sets a lower route metric for faster interfaces—and you are correct in that if you reverse the current connections, your wired NIC will always be favored (though you can change this). |
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| Thanks, will keep it as it is for now, it won't be long (although Amazon still did not send me a shipping confirmation for ZyWall)
When you mentioned "though you can change this", how do I do that. I always wanted MS to fix this and give complete control of connections to user, but it seemed like it always had it's own mind when working.. |
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BinkVillains... knock off all that evil
join:2006-05-14
Denver, CO
kudos:4 Reviews:
·VOIPo
| The simplest way to change the default interface metric is to go to the Properties of your Local Area Connection and IPv4 and use the Advanced button to remove the Automatic metric for the interface and set your own. That said, I consider the defaults sane and would only change them if needed (which might be the case in your temporary situation). |
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| Thanks. I am so glad that there is also ZyXell forums in this site, and helpful people like you guys.  |
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