Windows 10: Is it possible to channel different Internet connections to different apps/games/programs?...

Hello! This is probably a long shot. But is it possible (natively or via addons) to designate an internet connection to a specific piece of software/app/game?

For example, can I have my desktop PC run off the ethernet connection? (everything)
Yet force games to use my mobile phone's connection (Mobile Internet)

I ask because I have a shared internet connection which is great for general use but is extremely bad for gaming as people will stream Netflix on multiple devices.

My mobile connection works great for games, its just that I don't want my mobile data being chewed up be random background downloads and services that may start.

I am aware of metered mode on Windows 10 etc.

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Assign different internet connections for different programmes?

Hello there,

I was wondering if it is possible to assign different internet connections for different programmes? I have 2 internet connections - 1. One that has very poor download & upload speeds but has a low ping and 2. another connection which has very fast download & upload speeds but has a very high ping. Is it possible to assign the first connection to gaming and the second connection to chrome for video streaming?

OR

Is it possible to combine them and use the ping from the first connection and use the download & upload speeds from the second connection?

Cheers,

 

Is it possible to pin different apps on a taskbar on different virtual desktops in Windows 10?

Hi,



You can personalize the desktop of two computers by pinning the apps, documents and other programs to the taskbar.



Before we assist further, I would like to ask you a few questions:

• Are you referring to dual screen desktop feature of the computer?
• Do you want to personalize two different PC taskbars?

You can differ personalizing taskbar applications on different computers. You can either pin the same or differ the applications, programs or games on the computer taskbar according to the necessity.



To pin the apps to taskbar, follow the steps below:

• Click on Windows logo key on the keyboard to open
  Start menu.
• Right click on the app and select Pin to taskbar option from the context menu.
• Close the window and check if the app is pinned to taskbar.

Refer to Get Started with Windows 10 Love it? Pin it and check if it helps.



Write to us with the answers to the above questions and the status of pinning apps to taskbar on two desktops in the same post for further assistance. Your reply is most important for us to ensure we assist you accordingly.



Thank you.

 

Assign different internet connections for different programmes?

Hi there
@tdubz

I can't see why not -- if you've got 2 different connections -- normally though it's better to have 2 NIC's for this

however even with 1 NIC you could create a proxy server for some applications forcing it to go through connection 1 while the default (you can set those in the browser or the Internet connection program to skip using the proxy) to go through connection 2.

There might be other ways as these 2 connections would have 2 different SSID's anyway.

I'm sure there are more ways to do this so hopefully more people will post back possibly easier solutions -- don't believe suggestions that it's impossible -- Just needs a bit of research.

If you've got a decent unlimited plan on the phone (I think the 5g things being rolled out now in various countries usually have unlimited offerings) then just ditch the slow ISP thing -- why pay twice !!!!.

BTW cheap USB-->wifi adapters could be used as an easy way to have 2 NIC's on the computer if you want to do it that way. You could also mess around with "subnets" etc but that sort of stuff is "well beyond my pay grade"

My solution is more like an Engineering solution -- I'm sure someone will come up with a better technical one though.

Cheers
jimbo