Windows 10: Connect to Internet using LAN NIC, but print using WIFI NIC

I have a interesting situation. We work in a large building where I lease a smaller office space. Internet is provided to all of my 4 employees but we are not connected on one "Private" network . (The building provides internet thru wired NIC). So we are unable to share devices like printers. Is it possible to create my own wifi network in our small office just to share a printer? This at the same time still haveing the hard wire connection to the internet.
This is my idea:

1. Get a wireless access point
2: The computers have 1 internal NIC "hard wired port that is plugged into wall that provides internet. The computers also have Wireless cards that I can use to connect to the new wireless access point.
3. Establish wireless connection from Wifi Printer to Wireless Access Point.
4. Hopefully all computers will be able to print.

I am not sure how to configure the NIC's so they work correctly when it comes to IP addresses and subnet mask. I know that something has to be different but I am not sure.

Thanks,

Allen

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who uses a NIC?

I've never had an on-board NIC fail, so that's what I use.
If one does fail, I have dozens of unused discreet NICs laying around to pop in.
Since my internet connection speed is nowhere near my network speed it doesn't matter if I use a Gigabit NIC or 100Mb.

 

Windows uses wrong NIC in a dual NIC setup, Ignores metric at times.

Well can I manually force it to not do this or force it to a specific mode? I mean it works fine 90% of the time but then seemingly randomly Windows will just push all traffic that previously went on NIC 1 to NIC 2. So I can use NIC 1 and NIC 2 simultaneously for hours and then suddenly Windows will stop using NIC 1 for all normal traffic and try to use NIC 2 instead, even though my firewall blocks all applications from using NIC 2 (which I think it should realize and start sending the traffic via NIC 1 again)

It's not actually two different VLANs, it's the same LAN, same subnet. Just that all applications should take NIC 1 to reach it and Tixati NIC 2 to reach it. The routes reflect this by NIC 1 and NIC 2 having the same settings just that NIC 1 has a much lower metric which should mean that Windows should use NIC 1 instead of NIC 2.

Nothing like that is done with the VPN, the VPN part is working great. The VPN is running on the router and has two connections connections and the router routes traffic from NIC 1 to VPN 1 and NIC 2 to VPN 2, so everything there is working great. The thing that isn't working is the dual connections between router and computer, I don't want Windows to load balance or bridge or fallback, I want Windows to treat them as two different networks of which only one should be used by it which is NIC 1 (But NIC 2 should be enabled and available so that Tixati can force itself to use it)

Although it sounds like Windows just won't let me set this up? Sounds like it forces what it thinks is best for my system even if it isn't? I guess I'll just have to disable/enable NIC 1 every time it happens then.

Thanks for answering. =)

 

who uses a NIC?

not many of us do