Two networks in Windows

[zehsay]

I have access to two different network (an Ethernet one and a Wifi one), each one with a different Internet connection.

Can I configure Windows to use both connections, so as to have better download and upload speed?

Thanks!

[zaphodiv]

I don't know of any easy way.

Googling for load balancing software might find somthing.

Normally windows uses whichever connection last set the default gateway through DHCP.
In theory software can choose which ip address to bind to, thereby choosing which connection to use but I dont' recall seeing any windows software with that option available to the user.

Perhaps you could find some proxy software with an option to bind to a specified interface/ip, have the other interface as default and set some software to use the localhost proxy.

A random thought is a batch file to alternate between the default gateways every second. I don't know if that would work or constantly drop connections.
Assuming you have two different ISP's it would screw up connecting to the email servers of one ISP half the time. You would also probably need to use an open DNS resolver that accepts querys from either ISP.

[zehsay]

Thanks for the info

[zehsay]

Well, I got a partial solution.

In uTorrent, there are two advanced settings that allows you to use a network for uploading and another for downloading. Those options are:

net.bind_ip makes µTorrent use a specific LAN adapter for incoming connections only. Specify the IP address of the adapter here.

net.outgoing_ip makes µTorrent use a specific LAN adapter for all outgoing connections only. Specify the IP address of the adapter here.

[raspberry1331]

is there a big difference using 2 instead of 1? i wouldn't think so.

[Barbarossa]

is there a big difference using 2 instead of 1? i wouldn't think so.

For uploads and downloads, no. On DSL there is no contention.


However, it would allow you to select connection A for downloads in uTorrent, and use connection B for web browsing, etc.

That would be beneficial.