Noob Question

[oddiemx]

hmmm hi every1 at speedguide.net

I've just got here following a link from googlin' around.
See i have some kind of a dilema...

I have a Dell Latitude D800 laptop with its own nic interface (Broadcom 570x Gigabit Integrated Controller), an Intel Pro Wireless 2100 3A MiniPCI Adapter and also i had from an older laptop that didn't have but an ethernet adapter a Belkin Wireless G Notebook PCMCIA F5D7010 Adapter.

Dilema is, computer guys says go and bind the two wireless adapters, but i'm not in a 2 lan office, my network consists on an XP Machine (HP Pavilion t720m) that has the modem-router 2Wire Gateway with wireless capability, and two more laptops.

What i want to know is if i can use the wireless adapters to get me to the network and to the internet access, using one adapter to the internet and one dedicated for lan transfers...or should i only keep activated one adapter and with that one get me the lan, internet and so on.

Can i use one adapter to get me to the internet and the other one exclusively for the home network?

thanks in advance

[morbidpete]

why would you want to do that!?

but i think you might be able to do it this way

network card "internet": right click properties, uninstall file and printer sharing for networks, and uninstall client for microsoft networks

and for the other network card

well. leave it alone lol.
others might have a better solution. good luck

[YeOldeStonecat]

There's really no advantage to having 1x wireless and 1x wired running on the same network at the same time.

Wireless gives you freedom, ability to move around without being on a leash. Yet..it can be slow for some bandwidth hungry networked applications. However...some of todays wireless is fast enough (although not the 2Wire's I've dealt with). Depends what your networked application is. Basic file access such as getting shared files, printers, etc...it's more than adequate.