Re: preferring a faster local network connection in XP

"Justin Brown - SYNACS" wrote ...
I have this problem where Windows prefers to use the wireless network
I'm connected to, even if I've got my 10/100 network cable plugged in.
Don't get me wrong, I am glad the wireless works. However I do not
want to use an access point that is shared with other users (and quite
possibly saturated with regard to throughput) when I've got a 100Mbps
wired connection.

Is there any way that you guys know of to make Windows prefer using
the faster of its available connections? I supposed that if I was on a
Gigabit link, with my 54Mbps wireless link concurrently, it would
still choose the wireless, which is wrong on so many levels.


How is using a preferred and faster router in your intranetwork going to magically make your cable/dsl modem any faster? The same users that are choking your Internet access with their bandwidth will still be choking it regarding of which router/switch/accesspoint you use in your intranetwork. They all go through the same cable/dsl modem. Your pipe to your ISP doesn't get any bigger because you use a faster internal device.

Just how big do you think is your pipe to your ISP? Your pipe to them is 10Mbps, or less. Even an old NIC that only supported 10Mbps would be more than the bandwidth available through your cable/dsl modem. Even if you were lucky to have a 20Mbps pipe to your ISP, your NICs at 100Mbps are oversized and so, too, is your 54Mbps wireless access point.

Doesn't matter how wide are the doors inside the building. There is only one narrow entry/exit door for the whole building so everyone has to squeeze through it. Your devices are faster than the throttling of your cable/dsl modem. 10Mbps, 54Mbps, 100Mbps, or 1000Mbps: they're all going through the same pipe to your ISP (which is probably capped somewhere [far] below 20Mbps).


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