Using multiple wireless adapters in one PC

Stubbsy · 17 Dec 2010 at 14:13

Hi,

I have three wireless networks that I would like to connect to, and I would like to know if I can put more than one wireless adapter into a PC.

I don't mid if i have to run three seperate virtual machines on the same PC, and have each one control an individual card. That would be acceptable. What I basically want to know is, is it possible at all? Is it possible without virtual machines? (i'm pretty sure windows won't allow me to assign certain connections to one NIC and other connections to another).

Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Paul

Orcvader · 17 Dec 2010 at 14:20

Yup it's possible, don't need virtual machines. I know it works for 7 and Vista but not sure about XP.

Stubbsy · 17 Dec 2010 at 14:23

Orcvader said:
Yup it's possible, don't need virtual machines. I know it works for 7 and Vista but not sure about XP.

Thanks for your reply. Can you give any more details? What do you mean by "it works" ? Does it just amalgamate bandwidth, or does it allow me to partition network traffic to specific adapters? Are you talking about 3rd party software that runs on windows 7, or functionality built in to the OS ?

thanks,
Paul

Orcvader · 17 Dec 2010 at 15:50

The functionality built into the OS, no need for 3rd party software. You can have each adapter set to a specific network. I've only tried this with two adapters and two wireless networks but it works fine.