"Bucky" <uw_badg***@email.com> wrote in message
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>I have a ThinkPad T61 with Intel Proset Wireless. I want to configure
> it to automatically switch between LAN and WiFi, with LAN being the
> first option. (I.e. if both are available, I would like it to use the
> LAN.)
>
> Currently, it treats WiFi as the first option (if both are available,
> it uses WiFi). I have to manually disable the WiFi in order for it to
> use the LAN.
>
> Is there a way to do this? Thanks.
>

"Bucky" <uw_badg***@email.com> wrote in message
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>> Configuring the Metrics of the TCP/IP Stack would do it,
>> http://www.ezlan.net/metrics
>
> (Here's the correct URL):
> http://www.ezlan.net/metrics.html
>
> Thanks for the reply. Actually, I realized that my laptop *was* using
> LAN as priority. But it is still connecting to WiFi simultaneously. (I
> saw the wireless signal strength taskbar icon and assumed that it was
> using WiFi, but it was actually using LAN).
>
> While that is okay, ideally I would like the laptop to not connect via
> WiFi at all if connected to LAN. No sense in wasting power or
> broadcasting RF signals necessarily. With my previous laptop, the
> ThinkVantage Access Connections utility was able to handle this (it
> would automatically disable the wireless if LAN was connected, and
> automatically enable when LAN was disconnected).
>
> Does Windows handle this? Or do I need to install the ThinkVantage
> utility?
>
>