2 wireless cards / DSL / problem

Hi,
I've got 1 PC with a USB/DSL modem and a wireless card 520+ and another PC
with the same card.
The 2 computers can see each other and share folders/printer. That's all I
need.
The PC with the DSL modem seems to have a problem. As soon as the wireless
is up I can't get to the internet because it tries to send via the wireless.
Is there some way to set up routing ? The wireless network has fixed IP's
the DLS/Modem get's everything from the ISP. There is an IP address in the
gateway of the modem but it's set to get IP automaticly.
There is Win2000 running on both machines.

Thanks
Matt

"Matt Weimann" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I've got 1 PC with a USB/DSL modem and a wireless card 520+ and another PC
> with the same card.
> The 2 computers can see each other and share folders/printer. That's all I
> need.
> The PC with the DSL modem seems to have a problem. As soon as the wireless
> is up I can't get to the internet because it tries to send via the
wireless.
> Is there some way to set up routing ? The wireless network has fixed IP's
> the DLS/Modem get's everything from the ISP. There is an IP address in the
> gateway of the modem but it's set to get IP automaticly.
> There is Win2000 running on both machines.
>
> Thanks
> Matt

If you issue "netstat -r" or "route print" you'll see your routing table.
Among the many entries you should find two with the complete addresses of
your two adapters (USB and wireless). Notice the numbers in the Metric
column. If the wireless adapter has a lower metric than the USB adapter,
then the wireless adapter will be preferred for the default route to the
Internet. If they're the same, it's a crapshoot. You want to force the USB
adapter to be preferred. You'll do this by configuring the wireless adapter
to be less preferred.

In Network and Dial-up Connections, open the Properties window for the
Wireless adapter. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and press Properties.
Press the Advanced button. Below IP addresses and Default gateways is a box
labeled "Interface metric." Enter 40 and press OK 3 times.

Let us know whether this helps.

Ron Bandes, CCNP, CTT+, etc.

> In Network and Dial-up Connections, open the Properties window for the
> Wireless adapter. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and press Properties.
> Press the Advanced button. Below IP addresses and Default gateways is a
box
> labeled "Interface metric." Enter 40 and press OK 3 times.

I've tried it and it sounded logical to me. But it still didn't work. I
changed that USB/DSL modem with a wireless dsl accesss point and it worked
fine.

Thanks for your info
Matt