Can I connect my mac to two separate networks at once

I have a macbook at a workplace. I need to access one set of resources via an ethernet cable, another set of resources via airport. In order to access one or the other, I either unplug the ethernet or switch off the wifi. Is there a way I can keep both connections alive and map out which resources are to be found at which connection?

Here's what I have to do:
On the ethernet via USB bridge, I want to mount various Windows Shares via SAMBA. I mounted one of these drives and tried "get info," but just got stuck in "fetching" more info in the get info box, so I could not find the IP.
Also on the ethernet via USB bridge, I want to access one website external to my workplace that maps back to our workplace's IP address to verify authenticity. I don't know how to find the IP of a website using Yosemite (didn't there used to be a network utility?)
Also on the ethernet via USB bridge, I want to access a few internal sharepoint sites on windows servers and one Intranet website. No idea on how to get IPs from these.
Via the Airport connection, I want to see the just about anything else out there. We use office365, so mail & calendaring work fine via the wifi.
I am more or less the only Macintosh in my work place of nearly two hundred thousand PCs, so tech support is not exactly strong.

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Using the AirPort hardware you can only connect to a single wireless network at any given time. However in this situation the 2 attempted connections are via USB and AirPort. Therefore this requires nothing special of the AirPort drivers or settings.
It does require that the Mac OS and applications have the capability to use either network connection (USB or AirPort) depending on what data they are trying to get. In general I understand how it is theoretically possible but I have no idea if you can configure OS X to do it.
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True but the D-Link is not compatible with Apple's WDS therefore this is not possible in this situation.
If you have a newer Airport Extreme Base Station with a USB port on it...
FYI, every AirPort Extreme base station (AEBS) has a USB port.
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Thanks for the question. After reviewing your post, it sounds like the computer wont connect to networks. I see you have used network diagnostic. I would recommend that you read this article, there are a lot of other things you can do in this article that may be able to help you resolve or isolate the issue.
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