[glenikins]

Hi there,

I have a similar question. I have a PC with two adapters, one connected to the company LAN through which a connection to the internet is achieved, the other connected to a small control network.

The adapter for the company LAN is configured to use DHCP for automatic allocation of an address etc. The adapter for the smaller network is configured with a fixed IP address, mask, and gateway. The two adapters are using different subnets.

We have been using "ping" to fault-find issues with the networks but have discovered that "ping" (and other Windows networking components) seem to default to use just one of the adapters, and will not try to reach out on both. On disabling the adapter that "ping" is insisting on using and then re-enabling it, then trying "ping" again, it seems to have "jumped" to the other adapter.

My query boils down to this - is it possible to determine which adapter on a system a particular application will use?