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Let's say I have two active network connections that let me out to the internet.

I want certain applications to only use Network Connection 1, while some others should use Network Connection 2.

Is this possible in Windows XP? If so, how can it be done?

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I'm not sure if this belongs on Serverfault or not.. – snicker Nov 23 at 18:36
It's close, but mainly because Windows XP is a home OS. I'd leave it here. – Macha Nov 23 at 18:42
What application? I used to do this with browsers simply pointing them to the correct NIC in the Network connections settings. – AdminAlive Nov 23 at 18:44
Needs to be any application. – snicker Nov 23 at 18:49

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ForceBindIP - Bind any Windows application to a specific interface (by IP or GUID).

ForceBindIP is a freeware Windows application that will inject itself into another application and alter how certain Windows Sockets calls are made, allowing you to force the other application to use a specific network interface / IP address. This is useful if you are in an environment with multiple interfaces and your application has no such option for binding to a specific interface.

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This application would be perfect, except I cannot get it to work even with the programs mentioned as compatible on the page. Firefox just hangs as if it can't find the destination. If I disable the network adapter i don't want to use, it will fall back to the other and work fine, so I know the connection is okay. – snicker Nov 23 at 20:27
i don't use Firefox but it definitely works with uTorrent on my eee pc. – Molly7244 Nov 23 at 22:42

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