Wired/Wireless Networing - Changing between

[Bob Feuer]

I am brand new to vista. i was able to set up the laptop for wireless
networking. It is set to log on automatically. I have four wired ports on my
wireless modem. I was wondering though, since the laptop is set to log on
wirelessly automatically, will htere be a problem if I plug the laptop into
the wireless router with a cable? Will Vista recognize that the laptop is
wired inot the router and not log on wirelessly or will it cause problems?

 

[Barb Bowman]

most laptops have either a hardware switch or a key combination to
turn the wireless on/off. you should turn it off when you are not
using it.

I am brand new to vista. i was able to set up the laptop for wireless
networking. It is set to log on automatically. I have four wired ports on my
wireless modem. I was wondering though, since the laptop is set to log on
wirelessly automatically, will htere be a problem if I plug the laptop into
the wireless router with a cable? Will Vista recognize that the laptop is
wired inot the router and not log on wirelessly or will it cause problems?

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[Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)]

In many case, that should be OK. However, if you prefer the wired, you may
want to modify the gateway metric #. This post may help.

Switching from wireless to wired ...Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:26 pm Post
subject: Switching from wireless to wired networking does not work, Reply
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[Hans-Georg Michna]

In many case, that should be OK. However, if you prefer the wired, you may
want to modify the gateway metric #. This post may help.

Switching from wireless to wired ...Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:26 pm Post
subject: Switching from wireless to wired networking does not work, Reply
with quote ...
www.chicagotech.net/netforums/viewtopic.php?t=2466

Robert,

isn't the metric already adjusted properly from the start? When
I plug in a laptop, the traffic automatically prefers the wire
over the wireless connection. I don't have to adjust anything,
and I don't have to disable the wireless connection.

Wireless can be a nuisance when it goes on and off and shows a
pop-up each time. That may be a reason to disable it or switch
it off, but for the function itself I haven't found that
necessary.

Hans-Georg

 

[Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)]

It depends. Quoted from www.chicagotech.net/routing.htm

Routing order

If you have two NICs in the same subnet on one w2k/xp computer, you wonder
which NIC is been used as primary NIC to access the Internet. In most cases,
when adding the second NIC on a w2k/xp computer, the first one is the
primary NIC. You may change the order by going to Advanced menu of the
Network Connection>Advanced Settings>Adapter and Bindings. If the settings
doesn't work (by default, the faster NIC will be chooses as primary NIC) or
if you want to override the settings, you can assign metric # manually by
going to the Properties of the Network Connection>the Properties of the
Network Connection>Advanced.


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[Hans-Georg Michna]

It depends. Quoted from www.chicagotech.net/routing.htm

Routing order

If you have two NICs in the same subnet on one w2k/xp computer, you wonder
which NIC is been used as primary NIC to access the Internet. In most cases,
when adding the second NIC on a w2k/xp computer, the first one is the
primary NIC. You may change the order by going to Advanced menu of the
Network Connection>Advanced Settings>Adapter and Bindings. If the settings
doesn't work (by default, the faster NIC will be chooses as primary NIC) or
if you want to override the settings, you can assign metric # manually by
going to the Properties of the Network Connection>the Properties of the
Network Connection>Advanced.

Bob,

yes, but wired always has metric priority over wireless.

Hans-Georg

 

[Andrea Baruffolo]

Hi,

since I got my new laptop with Vista and docking station I was plagued with
the problem that Vista insisted going wireless instead of wired.
This was really a nuisance since many services in my LAN are provided to
static IP's only (as I have on the wired I/F), while the wireless connection
uses DHCP.
I finally realized that the automatic metric assigned to the wired
connection was higher than that assigned to the wireless one (although the
speed of the latter is lower).
So, I disabled automatic metric *both* for the wired interface (as suggested
by Robert) *and* the router, and manually set them in such a way that the
total metric is now lower then for the wireless link.
First experiments show that now everything works as expected. Hope it will
stay so.
Many thanks to Robert for his post which pointed me to the correct solution.

Cheers, ab

 

[Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)]

Thanks for the update.

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Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
http://www.HowToNetworking.com

Hi,

since I got my new laptop with Vista and docking station I was plagued
with
the problem that Vista insisted going wireless instead of wired.
This was really a nuisance since many services in my LAN are provided to
static IP's only (as I have on the wired I/F), while the wireless
connection
uses DHCP.
I finally realized that the automatic metric assigned to the wired
connection was higher than that assigned to the wireless one (although the
speed of the latter is lower).
So, I disabled automatic metric *both* for the wired interface (as
suggested
by Robert) *and* the router, and manually set them in such a way that the
total metric is now lower then for the wireless link.
First experiments show that now everything works as expected. Hope it will
stay so.
Many thanks to Robert for his post which pointed me to the correct
solution.

Cheers, ab

 

[Cyrus Joudieh]

First you need to make sure that you are using the latest drivers for your
Wireless adapter device, if your wireless adapter device drivers supports
this feauture, you can go to Control Panel->System->Device Manager, or from
the command dos window type this command "start devmgmt.msc" right click your
wireless adapter and choose properties -> advanced or alternative way is from
the Network Properties of the Wireless Adapter, right click on it and choose
properties-> configure->Advanced, on Dell adapters in the poroperty list
there will be a feauture : "Disable Upon Wired Connect" and set it to Enabled
or on Realtek adapters the feauture is "ShutDown Wake-On-Lan" and set to
Enabled.