stopping IE from using a connection

[Bob A Job]

Further to my question last week, i have succesfully got two LANs running from the same computer and am accessing both fine. however, The old LAN i was using (a WLAN through PCI card) had a long winded shared, slow internet connection. and i now have ADSL through ethernet and that works.

BUT
every now then when accessing the WLAN, IE starts to default to use that as its internet connection. Which is a pain in the ar$e. can i stop my pc from using the WLAN'a net connection without disconecting or blocking all connections?

[matt1e]

disable your wlan connection via control panel and network conections

[Bob A Job]

but that will stop me from accessing the WLAN withh all other programs.

I just want to direct Internet Explorer to use only the Ethernet connection

[matt1e]

ah sorry bob did not realise you needed both

[ACtheTROLL]

you cn indeed

use the firewall to block ports 80 and 8080

[ACtheTROLL]

I hate this mouse

there are a couple of ways to tackle this .....
As you'll aready have found ... it's important which way round the connections are configured .... sounds to me as if it's a case of one card initialising before the other.
is the adsl connected by modem or router?

the simple way is to disable/enable the wireless lan connection as and when you need it.
(config the connections to display icon in sys tray - right click | disable)

the hard way (not that hard)
use the firewall to block ports 80 and 8080
(add any others if and when they cuse problemS)
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~rakerman/port-table .html#Table

if it's a vista machine use the network centre to block/allow

[Bob A Job]

The ADSL is ethernet to a router
The WLAN is PCI card to an AP

If i block ports 80-8080 that will restrict some of the programs i am using over the wireless network.

Any other possible way?? nothing in IE that i can direct to using ethernet only??