VISTA Network and Sharing Center Problem?

[Dave]

Hi

I am running Vista BETA2 and I have a question regarding having one or more
network connections enabled at the same time and I would appreciate some
adice please.

Ok, after installing Vista I checked in Device Manager and noticed that both
my "wired" (Intel(R) PRO/1000CT NIC) and "wireless" (Broadcom 802.11g)
network adapters were installed correctly and without problems, but only my
wired connection was shown in the "Network and Sharing Center" (N & SC)

My wired connection was up and running and I was able to connect to the
internet to activate Vista, but my wireless connection was not because it
requires a security key before it will connect and that's obviously why it
was not shown in the "N & SC".

I clicked on "Connect to a network" and chose "Wireless" and after entering
the appropriate info, I clicked on connect and it was done. I now had two
network connections running.

I then went back to the "N & SC" and saw that both wired and wireless
connections were shown there but I noticed that the "wired" connection
"Local and Internet" and the "wireless" connection only had "Local". This
was confirmed when I clicked on the "Status" button and for IPv4
Connectivity/IP6 Connectivity, it showed "Local" for for both, but for the
Wired" connection it showed IPv4 Connectivity: Internet, and for IPv6
Connectivity: Local.

When I disconnected the "wired" connection from my router, the "N & SC"
refreshed itself and the "wireless" connection was now showing IPv4
Connectivity: Internet, and for IPv6 Connectivity: Local.

So, my question is: When you have wired and wireless network/internet
connections enabled at the same time, does Vista only allow one of those
connections to be both Internet and Local, and the other, Local only?

Many thanks

Dave

 

[Randy Cragin]

I'd asked if you had a different results under Win XP. As far as I can tell
and this goes for XP too, your system is going to use the internet over the
strongest connection. It's also going to access the LAN the same way. With
T10/100 over 54 MB wireless connection (If that) it's going used the wired
connection. You got me curious enough to try it. Although my connection over
wireless showed up in the network map, the line was dotted, which meant to
me it would not be used.

Randy