I have two separate internet connections, one through WiFi and other Wired.
However, generally I have observed that Windows try to use only one ( mostly faster one/ Or Wired by preference - I am not sure).
Is there a way I can take advantage of having both ? For example I can have my web browser use the wired one and my torrent software use the Wifi One.
PS: This question may be regarded as duplicate but reason I am posting it again is I have not found any concrete answer for it.
http://www.r1ch.net/stuff/forcebindip/ This is used to assign a specific program to a specific interface, so both nets can be used at once, it couldnt be smaller or cheaper :-) It might not work with W7, or 64bit.
It was suggested to use an Iphones connect and a wired connect at the same time.
Use windows route add commands. I sometimes use it one connection for something and other for general browsing. First of all find your both connections default gateways IP addresses by
ipconfig /all
e.g. If you have a big download and you check that it is coming from a server whose IP address is 10.10.10.199 then add a route in windows routing table as
route delete 0.0.0.0
route add 10.10.10.0 mask 255.0.0.0 10.2.1.1 metric 10
route add 0.0.0.0 mask 0.0.0.0 192.168.15.1 metric 20
First line will remove your default route. i.e Windows will not forward packets via one interface.
Second line tells it to route all traffic destined for 10.10.10.X here X can be any number between 0-255 to go through interface whose IP is 10.2.1.1. It will also give it a metric of 10 (lower the metric the more preferred that route is).
Third line adds a default gateway. Route all the traffic which you cant find any route command through this interface. It will pass rest of all traffic through 192.168.15.1 interface.
A better practice is to make a .bat file in windows with these commands. Feel free to add and delete routes. Unless you specify the persistent flag. Your routing table will be normalize after each reboot.
Few months ago, I found a software that does the same. Check iNetFusion. You can associate internet connection to each application or you can use two internet connection at the same time to increase your downloading speed.
Downside of it is, it is paid, and is a bit resource intensive.
If you are on Windows 7 / Vista, then the answer is "no way". Windows will decide during startup on using one and only one interface for the Internet, and that's it. It will normally prefer wired to wireless, even if wireless is faster.
The only way I can see to use both wired and wireless would be inside a virtual machine (or XP Mode), such that one physical/virtual machine will use one adapter while the other machine will use the other adapter. Admittedly, that is not a very easy or useful solution.
In any case, your wired connection can probably use your entire bandwidth as available from the Internet supplier, so the wireless connection cannot improve the throughput.
Some routers support Quality of service (QoS) that you can use to limit the speed of some types of connections by port number. Most torrent software also support limitations for up and down total bandwidth and number of parallel connections.
Cisco routers are able to make two connections to one device, depending on the types of connections it's either unequal cost path load balancing, or equal cost path load balancing. The router will transfer the data through both connections, it'll increase file transfers, maybe downloads depending on your connection to the modem, what your plan with the ISP is, but it should increase your download speed, most slow connections are a result of the wireless connection.
You usually find this being used with servers, or NAS devices, usually where multiple users or other devices are sending/receiving data from the storage devices. If it's set up properly, it will make a noticeable difference. If you want maximum speed for a laptop, you're best bet is getting a Cisco Gigabit router with wireless-N, or wireless-AC, unless you're using a desktop, then two cat6 connections would really fast
