Comments on: Windows Vista Multiple Networks: Wireless To Public WIFI and Wired To Private LAN

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:06:44 +0000

Please be aware that what you have done is basically breach the whole security of your organization by adding an unmonitored access point to the private network.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:10:33 +0000

Thanks for posting this, I stumbled unto this page and it was exactly what i was looking for, pure genius. I have a question though. After I delete the route everything works fine for a few hrs, then all of the sudden it reverts back and i have to do the route delete again. Have you experienced this? Do you have any suggestions on how I can make it stick? I’m running XP x64. Thanks again,

By: Walker

Walker — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:03:12 +0000

Hi Ian, are you sure you can’t configure LAN to be private and wireless LAN to be public?

I recall there is “Customize” link with LAN and Wireless LAN that allow me to configure the Private/Public setting. (I couldn’t verify it now as only office Laptop has dual network card (cable and Wireless).

By: Ian

Ian — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 18:04:38 +0000

I can connect to my LAN at the same time as connecting to the public wireless router for internet access.
My problem is, in order to enable file sharing over my LAN I have to turn on network discovery and make my LAN connection Private.
Vista wont let me do this without making my wireless intenet net connection private too, is they a way around this ?
Obviously I dont want to enable file sharing and network discovery over the public wireless connection. I want my LAN to have network discovery and file sharing while my Wirelss connection remains private with no file sharing

By: Walker

Walker — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:49:10 +0000

Good Noodle.

1) So long as both interfaces are able to access internet with unique WAN IP (either through Proxy or direct access), you can switch between them with this gateway trick.

2) I never try with dual WIFI connections so far. If you do, please don’t mind to share.

By: Noodle

Noodle — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:54:10 +0000

Here’s a quick question.
I followed your instructions, and now I have a question.
Would it be possible to switch between the two IP addresses I have? For instance if I ran out of rapidshare free download credits on one IP can I somehow utilize the other?

Thanks

P.S. Is there any way to allow 2 wireless networks to run simultaneously on Vista?
I know in XP this can be achieved by Microsoft Lab’s VirtualWifi -

By: Walker

Walker — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:01:23 +0000

Hi Nate, this trick is not special for Vista only. Indeed, this TCP/IP network configuration works for all TCP/IP enabled system.

Can you ping to internal servers / computers or only have problem to access the shared resource?

You might need to add route for internal network if you’ve done something wrong to the route table.