Hey guys..
This is my first post here.. I gotta real interesting question.
I am running a Dual 450 with an extra PCI nic card. I bought it about a month ago (on impulse) as I have 2 high speed connections at home, ADSL and Cable.
I use the ADSL to serve FTP and websites using a dynamic dns, but also want to connect to my ibook via LAN, which is on the Cable, as well as use the cable on the G4 when the ADSL bandwidth is all taken.
Follow me still?
I went to the computer store and bought a $10 NIC card that claimed to be VERY compatible, a startech ST100S. It uses a RTL8019 chipset.. which seems to be the most compatible. and just today I noticed at VersionTracker there is a driver for it now, the Realtek RTL8139/810x. It is a beta but I installed it, and the damn thing werks! I plugged the ADSL cable into the built in, and the "Cable" cable into the PCI card. In network pref panel, it says I have two nic cards. I can switch between the two and they have the correct IP addresses!
But now comes the funky stuff.. How do I tell apps which port to use?
Is there a way to open the web and FTP ports on the ADSL and use the Cable for the web and my own downloads?
Anyway to do this? Any ideas/help would be much appreciated..
diesel
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