Network adapters for Laptop

[LarrySPhillips]

I have a laptop with a wireless network card and a it docks into a
station with a wired nic. I have a network-intensive application, and
want to use the wired connection (100Mbps) when docked, and the
wireless (54Mbps) when undocked.
I can have both cards enabled and don't seem to have any problems. But
I need to either disable the wireless connection when docked and enable
it when undocked, or somehow "select" the wired connection when docked.

I know I can set up a hardware profile, but as far as I know, a reboot
is required to select a different hardware profile.

Any ideas?

 

[Chuck]

I have a laptop with a wireless network card and a it docks into a
station with a wired nic. I have a network-intensive application, and
want to use the wired connection (100Mbps) when docked, and the
wireless (54Mbps) when undocked.
I can have both cards enabled and don't seem to have any problems. But
I need to either disable the wireless connection when docked and enable
it when undocked, or somehow "select" the wired connection when docked.

I know I can set up a hardware profile, but as far as I know, a reboot
is required to select a different hardware profile.

Any ideas?

Larry,

If you have 2 network connections, one Ethernet and the other WiFi, you should
be able to leave both active. The automatic metrics feature in Windows XP will
use Ethernet whenever it is working. I can move my laptop from Ethernet to
WiFi, and back again, without doing anything other than unplugging and re
plugging the cable.
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