*OK First yes (Of course both can be used at the same time)*
**
Then no (However, normally one will be the default and will handle all the
traffic.)

Then yes (There are reports that Windows 7 can "load balance" with two
connections but I've not tried it since I'm running XP.)

Then no (However, for XP (and possibly Win 7) to use both at the same time
is another matter. )

Then yes with special software (Special software and setups may be required
to fully utilize them.  One of the provisos is that you have two ISP's or at
least two primary TCPIP addresses from ISP's.  One piece of software is
NAT32 (www.NAT32.com <http://www.nat32.com/>) run in the Host Transfer
Mode.)

I'm confused !

Dave

On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Doug Simmons <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Of course both can be used at the same time. However, normally one will be
> the default and will handle all the traffic. If one is disconnected, the
> other will take over.
>
> There are reports that Windows 7 can "load balance" with two connections
> but I've not tried it since I'm running XP.
>
> However, for XP (and possibly Win 7) to use both at the same time is
> another matter.  Special software and setups may be required to fully
> utilize them.  One of the provisos is that you have two ISP's or at least
> two primary TCPIP addresses from ISP's.  One piece of software is NAT32 (
> www.NAT32.com) run in the Host Transfer Mode.
>
> I often will have a hardware connected network (Ethernet) and also WiFi
> while trouble shooting a problem even on my XP machine.
>
> Not a normal use of Internet connections though.   The main reason both are
> there, I think, is that there are a lot of places that have Wired ethernet
> only (hotels still) and others have WiFi..  Wired is frequently faster so it
> can be used instead of WiFi and can be more secure.
>
> Doug
>
> At 3/7/2011 12:01 AM, you wrote:
>
>
>  Date:    Fri, 4 Mar 2011 11:32:09 -0500
>> From:    David Nager <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Dual Internet connections
>>
>> *
>> *I have a new to me, HP Pavillion Desktop. It is a Quad Core with Win 7
>> Home
>> 64 bit.
>> In addition to the ethernet connection it also has a Wifi internal card. I
>> dont know why that would be on a desktop
>> unles it can use both connections at the same time. Can it ?
>>
>
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