Wireless not working while Nvidia N series lan adapter is enabled.

[crackruckles]

hi all i have a client with a old alienware laptop that has a N series lan controller and a broadcom wireless adapter that he has upgraded to windows 7 from vista and now the only way he can get his wifi to work in disable his lan adapter every time he boots his machine, does anybody have any ideas?

 

[corroded]

hardware driver issue.... Make sure you get all the correct chipset drivers. Does anything show in Device Manager as not right?

 

[johnbl]

that is the default behavior: here is how to change it
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-networking/wired-and-wireless-connections-on-the-same-windows/ee40d9a6-297b-46d4-b5c8-db57d927b62e