Can FX Client be forced to use a specific NIC?

[philmoore174]

Have XP SP3 and at least 3 NICs (motherboard & 2 x USB->Ethernet adapters).

I have multiple paths to the outside world. One path is MUCH slower than the other. Unfortunately it's the corporate network...

Is it possible to force FZ client to use one adapter and stick to it regardless of what the others are doing?

Cheers
Phil

[botg]

No.

You could however adjust your system's routing tables so that all data goes over the preferred NIC.

[philmoore174]

Thanks.

Feature request maybe?

Phil.

[h0rnytoad1]

+1

in today's world of multiple nics in 1 machine and multiple networks, this is needed.

forget routing tables, nobody wants to learn that. we're normal users not system admins.

[boco]

There's just a little problem with the feature request: FileZilla is a normal application, it doesn't know about different network connections at all. Which connection is used is entirely determined by the OS*. If you have multiple NICs use bindings or routing tables.

*In other words: FileZilla can ask for something to be transferred, but it has NO way to say how it should be transferred.

[h0rnytoad1]

Fair answer, where do i set up the bindings, how can we do this for filezilla client ?
i don't see a feature in the client program.

if you have a tutorial point me in the right direction plz

[botg]

Such functionality is not available in FileZilla.

[h0rnytoad1]

Such functionality is not available in FileZilla.

yeah, obviously, and that's why we need it added.

[botg]

The functionality is not in FileZilla because the functionality you need is already there, it's called the system's routing table.

[h0rnytoad1]

its like talking in circles.

problem with routes is, if they change ip, i'll never know until i try to use the ftp again. then it becomes an annoyance of having to add another route to that ip and route management is beyond what we want to do here.

this feature is needed to work for ALL ftp sites, do you understand now why this is a required program feature and not an OS feature that only works for 1 site?

this needs to work with 1 specific card for ALL sites.

[boco]

FileZilla runs on the application layer and thus has no access to your physical NICs nor its drivers, so how should such functionality be implemented?

[h0rnytoad1]

FileZilla runs on the application layer and thus has no access to your physical NICs nor its drivers, so how should such functionality be implemented?

well if in the application layer you don't have access to that , maybe you need to make an under layer to give you access to it.

think about it, all laptops have 2 nics, higher end motherboard are coming out with 2 as well. people need to control where it goes.

heck you can even extend this to add performance , if we have access to 2 networks and both nics are connected to one of each, use both nics to upload and download at same time.

Not just 1 nic downloading but multiple connections using both nics.

Guys this is genius, get cracking.

[botg]

The functionality is already there in your operating system, learn how to use it.

Imagine if all the programs you're using would re-implement the wheel. Then you would need to learn dozens of different ways to do the same. Is that really what you want?

[h0rnytoad1]

let's not go overboard here, all we're talking is a dropdown menu listing all the nics in the computer in the programs preferences, choose one and filezilla can add a temporary route itself in the os for this to work. you've got all you need at hand, the ip of the server, the user will provide the nic and gateway or you can figure it out yourself witht he nic's ip info in the os, and look up its metric and interface number (route.exe does t just fine, just read the printout and you've all that info).

All you need is look up the routing table and add a temp route then in the background. easy as pie.

it is a work around, since websites can get new ip addresses at any given time.

i really don't see myself messing with routing tables all day long, do you see yourself adding all of the internet's ip addresses just so an ftp program will use this nic instead of another ?

Seriously guys, do you see now the magnitude of the task ?

well anyway, your unwillingness to come up with a solution for your program has exasperated me about this great idea, i guess it's just best to give up since you apparently don't want to do it.

whatever c'est la vie.