VLC with multiple NIC/ETH ports on laptop - Can't stream through PCMCIA 110/100

I am not sure if this thread should be in this topic, or if this issue has been addressed in a previous thread, but here goes. (Yes, I did use the search button - thanks in advance, Mods, for putting this where it needs to go )

I have a laptop that generally stays connected to the corporate network with the mobo's ethernet port and to our equipment management VLAN via wifi. I can stream multicast video on port 2001 all day long from the native LAN connection. I have since added a secondary 100/1000 PCMCIA card for capturing data with wireshark, etc. while I am still "connected" to my other networks. For some reason, I can not get VLC to work through the PCMCIA card. Is there a way to point the player to that LAN adapter? With wireshark, I can see the multicast server and the NIC trying to get going, but the streams never run. Any ideas?

I was posting here, because I think Windows and VLC are getting cornfused.
Dell Latitude D830
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU
T7250@2.00GHz
2.00 GHz, 2.00 GB of RAM
NETGEAR GA511 Gigabit Cardbus Adapter
VLC 1.0.2 Goldeneye