[turtle777]

Ok, so here is my scenario:

I'm connected to teh intarwebs via

1) DSL
2) WiFi

at the same time.

Is there any way / app / UNIX command that would allow me to specify that Safari should use the DSL network adapter, and some other app (say Firefox) the WiFi adapter ?

-t

[ghporter]

Um, can you tell me more? What is your "DSL adapter?" Is it a wired ethernet card that's connected to a DSL modem? Is it a DSL modem on a card? Is your WiFi adapter (AirPort) actually a separate connection?

[turtle777]

Yeah, DSL via Ethernet, and WiFi via Airport. Separate connections.

AFAIK, UNIX would address those as different network adapters.

-t

[ghporter]

Yes, Unix (and all the other *nix I think) call them different adapters. In fact so do OS X and Windows. In your first post it wasn't entirely clear (to me anyway) that you weren't talking about different things, thus the question.

Now for the original point of your first post. I think this has been addressed here, but to my knowledge there is NOT a way to manage which app gets data from which adapter. Since the OS handles connecting external data to internal processes, the OS would have to provide some sort of tool for this, and I have yet to see one for OS X (or Windows either).

Now another question for you: where does the WiFi signal come from? Is it coming from the same DSL connection or from a different provider's connection? This could get interesting.

[turtle777]

Originally Posted by ghporter 

Now another question for you: where does the WiFi signal come from? Is it coming from the same DSL connection or from a different provider's connection? This could get interesting.

It would come from a different source.

What I essentially want to do is some bandwidth balancing.

-t