Re: Concurrent Network Connections, Wired and Wireless

From: Robert L [MS-MVP] (noreply_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/17/04


Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 10:53:00 -0500

sounds like routing issue. You may want to modify the default gateway metric
and make the wireless a high #.

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"Michael Kidd" <michaelkidd@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> Is it possible to configure Windows XP Pro (SP-2) to prefer one
> network connection over another?  Specifically, I have a laptop with
> internal wireless, at my workplace the wireless network requires
> authentication and configures routing differently from the wired
> network.  I am wondering if it is possible to configure Windows to
> always default to the wired connection if present and bypass any
> available wireless connection.
>
> Currently I have just used the workaround of disabling my internal
> wireless adapter when I plug into the wired network.
>
> Thanks for any insight.
>
> Michael Kidd
> michaelkidd@gmail.com 


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