both wi-fi and wired - OK???

[Erik]

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Hi
I have a laptop with XPHome.
Can I have both wi-fi and wired connections to my LAN ??
Apon installing the wi-fi-software and mounting the card into the pcmcia-slot
and removing the card again - my wired connection seems to have gone.

--
erik
Denmark

 

[Chuck]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless (More info?)

On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 10:11:23 +0200, "erik" <fox44REMOVETHIS@c.dk> wrote:

>Hi
>I have a laptop with XPHome.
>Can I have both wi-fi and wired connections to my LAN ??
>Apon installing the wi-fi-software and mounting the card into the pcmcia-slot
>and removing the card again - my wired connection seems to have gone.

Erik,

You can have a LAN with both wired and wireless connections. You can also have
a single computer with both. You can even make both connections work (but only
one at a time).

You do this thru the static route table, by assigning one connection a higher
"cost" than the other. If the wireless connection is assigned a higher cost
than the wired connection, it will only be used when the wired connection is not
operational.

With Windows XP, you can assign cost thru the network wizard (Network Connection
- Properties - TCP/IP - Properties - Advanced). If you assign a higher
Interface metric to the wireless connection, it should be activated only when
the wired connection is not active.

Please provide ipconfig information for the computer.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" into the command
window - Open c:\ipconfig.txt in Notepad, copy and paste into your next post.

Please provide static route tables for the computer.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "route print >c:\route.txt" into the command window -
Open c:\route.txt in Notepad, copy and paste into your next post.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[Erik]

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Thanks
On work now, trying it when I get home

--
erik
Denmark
"Chuck" <none@example.net> skrev i en meddelelse
news:h74l809sptvbls7468sitf7uahkf9v6h4t@4ax.com...
> On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 10:11:23 +0200, "erik" <fox44REMOVETHIS@c.dk> wrote:
>
> >Hi
> >I have a laptop with XPHome.
> >Can I have both wi-fi and wired connections to my LAN ??
> >Apon installing the wi-fi-software and mounting the card into the pcmcia-slot
> >and removing the card again - my wired connection seems to have gone.
>
> Erik,
>
> You can have a LAN with both wired and wireless connections. You can also have
> a single computer with both. You can even make both connections work (but only
> one at a time).
>
> You do this thru the static route table, by assigning one connection a higher
> "cost" than the other. If the wireless connection is assigned a higher cost
> than the wired connection, it will only be used when the wired connection is not
> operational.
>
> With Windows XP, you can assign cost thru the network wizard (Network Connection
> - Properties - TCP/IP - Properties - Advanced). If you assign a higher
> Interface metric to the wireless connection, it should be activated only when
> the wired connection is not active.
>
> Please provide ipconfig information for the computer.
> Start - Run - "cmd". Type "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" into the command
> window - Open c:\ipconfig.txt in Notepad, copy and paste into your next post.
>
> Please provide static route tables for the computer.
> Start - Run - "cmd". Type "route print >c:\route.txt" into the command window -
> Open c:\route.txt in Notepad, copy and paste into your next post.
>
> Cheers,
> Chuck
> Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.