Force an application to use a specific network interface

Force an application to use a specific network interface I'm using multiple network interfaces (LAN and Wireless), and I've noticed that there's a way to change the order of prefered interfaces. How can I use the wired network to do work, check email, and so on (securely), and use the wireless VLAN to access other stuff (otherwise blocked by ports and sometimes websense)?
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Guest [Entry]

"For Mac, there is a simple solution which I use. It's actually an implementation of @Andor's solution. Install a proxy and configure your apps to use it:

I installed SquidMan
In configuration add the following line. You need to specify the ip you will use for your private apps instead of x.x.x.x:

tcp_outgoing_address x.x.x.x

Start SquidMan and configure your app to use it as a proxy.

I spent an hour to find this information in different pages, so I hope it helps others to do it faster."

Guest [Entry]

"I run my business applications inside a virtual machine. I used the instructions above to set WiFi as my preferred connection, then configured the virtual machine to use the ethernet port as a ""Bridged"" adapter.

Anything running inside the virtual machine now is hard-linked to the ethernet port. WiFi is my preferred connection for all other applications (outside the virtual machine), as long as I have a WiFi connection attached.

I believe there exist utilities that can be used to force the binding of an application to a particular ethernet port, but have not researched it for MacOS.

The routing method previously mentioned is somewhat complex for the ""lay person"", but seems like a good viable approach as well, especially if you repeatedly get the same IP address on your connections."

Guest [Entry]

"Even though this question is for OSX, I'll leave the following here which works on Windows 7 64-bit. This question came up as one of the top results when googling for force applications to go through a specific adapter, so the following might be useful to others.

http://www.howtogeek.com/117890/how-to-force-an-application-to-use-a-specific-network-card/

The above guide uses a utility called ForceBindIp which is advertised to work on Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 but I had no issues getting it to work on Windows 7 - 64 Bit.

Also, Issues with ForceBindIP on Windows 7 (x64)"