I there a setting in windows XP & Vista for that matter where i can set the
nic/networking to :   If the OS detects a wired connection to turn off, or
not obtain an ip address for the wireless connection....

( im seeing on Laptops with two ip addresses assigned to both wireless and
wired)...

thanks

r davis

rob davis wrote:
Whether or not both NICs have IP connections, XP will use the one that
has the fastest speed (generally, for details see
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299540).

If the fact that the wireless NIC has an IP address bothers you, most
laptops have a physical switch and/or a Fn+Fkey combination that will
turn off the wireless radio to save power.

Hi
You can create a preference by tuning the Metrics.
http://www.ezlan.net/metrics.html
Or, Right Click on the connection and disable it when not needed (it takes
few seconds to do so).
http://www.ezlan.net/example/nets.jpg
Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)

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On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:00:01 -0800, rob davis
<robda***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

If the wireless doesn't have a physical switch, you can create
hardware profiles from the device manager.

In one hardware profile enable the wireless adaptor and disable the
wired. In the other, enable the wired and disable the wireless. Then
when you boot up the machine you will get an extra menu before going
into windows asking whether you want the wired profile or the wireless
profile.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308577


Jim.

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