I just thought I would share my success. I got a VAIO notebook and a VAIO desktop as some of you know and I am also a “wireless junkie dude”. So, I thought to myself: Would I be able to run 2 wireless cards on my notebook and run them simaltaneously while multitasking… I have VAIO 802.11 “b/g” wireless router and VAIO 802.11 “a” router (as well as 802.11 “a/b/g” PCWA-AR800, but I did not run it). I plugged in two wireless PC cards into my GRX notebook (I got one slim PCWA-C800S a/b/g card and one that sticks out PCWA-C500) and I fired up my two wireless routers: one connected to the desktop (802.11a) and one to the DSL modem(802.11b/g).
My notebook detected two wireless connections and I was able to connect each to the routers! Then I had to transfer 1.5 Gig of data to my desktop’s external HD and while it is doing that I am also able to be online and type this message. I was really amazed because I did not expect to be wirelessly connected with two devices at the same time!
Maybe for some of you it is no big deal, because you knew it was possible…but I was impressed. Thank you for your time.
Stan
What you need to do is open the properties of both connections and see if everything is being done through one connection, or if it’s really using both.
I am connected to 2 different wireless routers - confirmed (two different protocols - a and g). I have two wireless icons in my taskbar running as connected as well. Unfortunately Sony has not created one card that would simulteniously work in two different protocols.
Sorry, I mis-read your post. Yeah, one was a network connection, the other was an internet connection, so obviously they both work. I was under the impression the first connection was also internet based.
[quote author=“tifosiv122”]Sorry, I mis-read your post. Yeah, one was a network connection, the other was an internet connection, so obviously they both work. I was under the impression the first connection was also internet based.
Technically, there is absolutely no difference between a “network connection” and an “internet connection” at all - so it’s not obvious.
[quote author=“FrodoID”]Technically, there is absolutely no difference between a “network connection” and an “internet connection” at all - so it’s not obvious.
I disagree. I can be connected to my home network without having a connection to the internet.
[quote author=“AndyMac”][quote author=“FrodoID”]Technically, there is absolutely no difference between a “network connection” and an “internet connection” at all - so it’s not obvious.
I disagree. I can be connected to my home network without having a connection to the internet.
Hahaha, i’ve been there faaar too many times. Trying to setup a server from a wireless network isn’t exactly easy.
[quote author=“AndyMac”][quote author=“FrodoID”]Technically, there is absolutely no difference between a “network connection” and an “internet connection” at all - so it’s not obvious.
I disagree. I can be connected to my home network without having a connection to the internet.
He’s saying a network connection is a network connection…which is true. I was simplifying it by saying ‘internet connection’ meaning the network that had internet vs. ‘network connection’ meaning the network that lacked internet…making it obvious that both connections were working at the same time.
