Wireless and cabled networks

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Hi all

I'd like some advice please. In my office there are wireless access points
and standard cat5 ethernet connections.

If a laptop picks up both connections which one would it go through?

Or, will it just use the network that started first?

Thanks in advance
 
On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 03:55:04 -0700, "Ken Wray" <Ken
Hi all

I'd like some advice please. In my office there are wireless access points
and standard cat5 ethernet connections.

If a laptop picks up both connections which one would it go through?

Or, will it just use the network that started first?

Thanks in advance
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Ken,

If you have a laptop running Windows XP, and it's configured for both wired and
wireless connections, and both are active, it will probably use the wired
connection. The wired connection will have a lower metric ("cost").
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/have-laptop-will-travel.html#Dual>
 
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