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VLC with 2 NIC??

Posted: 23 Sep 2008 01:22
by hoyala
I installed 2 NIC(Network interface card) into my PC.
One is for surfing internet,another(I set a static IP without gateway for this NIC) is for receiving multicast video streaming by VLC.
But I can not receive video by VLC correctly.
Because when I click "play" button, the IGMP packet always send join messeage to the first NIC(for surfing internet) ,not to 2nd NIC(for video).
SO, Can VLC support NIC selection for receiving video??? or Is there someone can help me on this ???

Re: VLC with 2 NIC??

Posted: 23 Sep 2008 14:29
by VLC_help
Use route to reserve certain IP ranges for certain NIC.

Re: VLC with 2 NIC??

Posted: 24 Sep 2008 17:25
by hoyala
Thanks for your suggestion.
But I am not sure which route command is right for me.
Because I tried to delete one of the route in my table. But the result did not chnage anything... :?
I think I must use the worng parameter in route command.
Can anyone teach me to make a right command ??

Hereunder is the IP info of my NICs.
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1st NIC.(for surfing internet)
IP:192.168.123.100 subnet 255.255.255.0 gateway 192.168.123.254

2nd NIC(for receiving multicast video streaming)
IP:192.168.38.49 subnet 255.255.255.0 gatewat: 0.0.0.0

there are 2 routes about multicast.
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 192.168.123.100
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 192.168.38.49

Re: VLC with 2 NIC??

Posted: 25 Sep 2008 16:28
by hoyala
I tried the following command:
>>route CHANGE 224.0.0.0 MASK 240.0.0.0 192.168.37.49 METRIC 256<< 256(2nd NIC's metric) is smaller than 266(1st NIC).

I can receive video from 2nd NIC,but I can not surf internet by 1st NIC...
so~I failed again..... :?