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Re: Multiple connections

Subject: Re: Multiple connections
From: "Narayana Mahankali [MSFT]"
Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 01:12:16 -0700
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.backgroundtransfer
I believe GetBestInterface looks at the routing table to decide on the 
interface to use for a given destination. I think it favors one interface 
over the other based on the value for "Metric" in the routing table. Look at 
the routing table by running the following command:
    netstat -r

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Narayana Mahankali
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"Sébastien Martin" <bass.martin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
news:1119880813.318472.208190@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi,
>
> I just found this on MSDN : "If the computer contains multiple network
> interfaces, such as a modem, virtual private network (VPN), and several
> network interface cards (NIC), BITS calls the IP Helper function,
> GetBestInterface, to determine the interface that has the best route to
> the specified IP address. BITS monitors bandwidth usage on that
> interface."
>
> I just don't know if the method checks the speed of the interface or if
> it only checks the shortest route in number of internet nodes?
> 



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