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My setup is like this:
- I have two routers (R1 and R2) at home.
- R1 is used as a private Ethernet network that connects all my personal devices, such as printer, external HDD, etc. It's not connected to the Internet.
- R2 is connected to the Internet and serves to other devices such as laptop, mobile devices, gaming console, TV, etc.
- My Windows 8 laptop is connected to both - R1 via Ethernet and R2 via Wi-Fi.
Now, I cannot access the Internet on this laptop. Windows gives preference to Ethernet and try to connect to the Internet using this. I want Windows to connect to the Internet using the R2 Wi-Fi connection.
please paste out the route information:
route -n
. Usually it's caused by default routing information which should be that from R2. is there a DHCP service in your R1? – shawmzhu – 2013-09-08T23:41:54.577It is safe to post complete route information publicly here? – matrix – 2013-09-10T17:48:06.300
1understood. In most cases, the last accepted DHCP offer wins which will update your route, DNS and ip address. for example, if your ethernet get DHCP offer from R1 later than wifi device from R2, the default gateway will be R1 which means you can't access internet. So you can try to disable wifi device, then enable it after ethernet get ip address. – shawmzhu – 2013-09-11T00:17:34.257
@shawnzhu, cool. It worked. I switched off wifi (my laptop has a hardware button) and then connected Ethernet. Waited until it identified the network and showed no internet access (If you don't wait, it won't work). Then I switched on wifi. The symbol on the system tray changed to wifi and I can access internet. – matrix – 2013-09-22T14:03:57.833
@shawnzhu, can you post your comment in answers so that I can mark it as answered. This will help other users. – matrix – 2013-09-22T14:05:23.900