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| Thread ID: 84964 | 2007-11-24 21:28:00 | Wireless LAN (dumb) question | ITchy (11705) | Press F1 |
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| 614781 | 2007-11-24 21:28:00 | My wireless XPP laptop sees my 4x desktop, 2x laptop LAN with no probs, wirelessly. It connects to my 4x port wireless Dynalink RTA1025W and patches me into any of the other wireless or wired machines. My query: If I now connect my laptop to the RTA1025W with a CABLE, which connection will the laptop favor? Like, will it continue to use wireless or will it for some reason prefer the cable link? This might sound a dumb question but I've never been sure how to test the rig to see which connection is being used. Obviously I can switch off the laptop wireless circuit and give it no choice but to use the cable, but it seems like Windows should be able to make the call? Yes? No? Thanks...:-) |
ITchy (11705) | ||
| 614782 | 2007-11-24 21:35:00 | It'll most probably use both. If the ethernet is configured properly. No, I dont think Windows will disable the wireless (its not that intelligent/bright), if an ethernet cable is connected as well. It'll still use both |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 614783 | 2007-11-24 21:47:00 | Not a dumb question - so dumb answer :lol: if you want to use the Wireless leave it turned on, but generally I have found if My wireless connection is enabled and the laptop has the ethernet cable attached it will seem to use the cable over the wireless - Reason if I disconnect the cable the transfer rates drop big time compared to the wireless as the cable is faster. Any activity shows on the cable connection ( icons in task bar) not the wireless. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 614784 | 2007-11-24 23:23:00 | Great, thanks guys. :thumbs: I kinda thought it would take the cable option over wireless but I've never been sure how to test it. I've got a (bad) habit of sitting up in bed with the LT and downloading heaps of stuff, then finding I've got mountains of guff to shift to the main machine, so I'll usually cable it. Got to admit my new el cheapo Acer 5220 is wirelessly pretty rapid, but I figger that cable has gotta be quicker and less likely to corrupt data. |
ITchy (11705) | ||
| 614785 | 2007-11-24 23:28:00 | Wired is always better than wireless | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 614786 | 2007-11-24 23:53:00 | You can manually override this by using the "route" command in Windows. I use it from time to time to force internet traffic to go through wireless, and connections to a particular IP to go through the wired network. | somebody (208) | ||
| 614787 | 2007-11-25 00:29:00 | Wouldn't it confuse the network? The same computer name being associated with two different network MAC addresses....and two different IP addresses... | CYaBro (73) | ||
| 614788 | 2007-11-25 00:38:00 | Wouldn't it confuse the network? The same computer name being associated with two different network MAC addresses....and two different IP addresses... No. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 614789 | 2007-11-27 03:09:00 | Somebody, that's interesting: "You can manually override this by using the "route" command in Windows" How is that done? Can you expand on that a little, please?:illogical Cheers :-) |
ITchy (11705) | ||
| 614790 | 2007-11-27 03:11:00 | Go to start/run, type cmd. Type route /? It''ll show u the different parameters |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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