"Steve Winograd [MVP]" <bcma***@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:9vu4d291e3ov072rdujhla7lc4c0bt18va@4ax.com...
> In article <O$8VDo0tGHA.2***@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, "C Kelley"
> <n*@na.com> wrote:
>>I have an office network and I'm going to be adding wireless to supplement
>>the wired network. I have a question on if laptops are connected to the
>>wired network but don't have their wireless connections disabled how can I
>>be sure they are using the wired network? I changed the connection order
>>under advanced settings so the wired is above the wireless but is that all
>>I
>>do? Is there any way to tell?
>>
>>If a user is copying a large file over the wireless and then plugs in the
>>wired does it transfer over to the faster connection? How does it all
>>work?
>>Or do we just trust that MS is doing the best thing?
>>
>>Tx
>
> The surest way to control which connection the computer will use is to
> enable the one that you want to use and disable the one that you don't
> want to use.
>
> If both are enabled and connected, XP's "Automatic Metric" feature
> will choose a connection based on their rated speeds, as described
> here:
>
> An explanation of the Automatic Metric feature for Internet Protocol
> routes
> http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?id=299540
>
> That will normally choose a wired Fast Ethernet connection over a
> wireless 802.11b or 802.11g connection.  If automatic selection
> doesn't do what you want, you can manually assign metrics to the
> connections:
>
> 1. Open the Network Connections folder.
> 2. Right click the desired connection.
> 3. Click Properties | Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).
> 4. Click Properties | Advanced.
> 5. Un-check "Automatic metric".
> 6. Enter a number between 1 and 9999 for the "Interface metric".
> --
> Best Wishes,
> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
> for everyone to see.  I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
> addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>
> Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

"C Kelley" <n*@na.com> wrote in message
news:O3kjl69tGHA.3392@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> thanks for the info, I did some tests and it looks like the auto mode
> doesn't work well at all, I had my laptop plugged into the wired and
> connected to the wireless network for about 5 min and I then started to
> transfer a large file from a server, I checked my networking in the task
> manager and the wireless connection was at 45% usage and the LAN was at 0,
> I then disabled the wireless connection and the transfer failed, it didn't
> bounce over to the other available connection. :( I guess I will try
> putting in the TCP metrics manually and test some more. But so far it
> doesn't look too good.
>
>
> "Steve Winograd [MVP]" <bcma***@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:9vu4d291e3ov072rdujhla7lc4c0bt18va@4ax.com...
>> In article <O$8VDo0tGHA.2***@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, "C Kelley"
>> <n*@na.com> wrote:
>>>I have an office network and I'm going to be adding wireless to
>>>supplement
>>>the wired network. I have a question on if laptops are connected to the
>>>wired network but don't have their wireless connections disabled how can
>>>I
>>>be sure they are using the wired network? I changed the connection order
>>>under advanced settings so the wired is above the wireless but is that
>>>all I
>>>do? Is there any way to tell?
>>>
>>>If a user is copying a large file over the wireless and then plugs in the
>>>wired does it transfer over to the faster connection? How does it all
>>>work?
>>>Or do we just trust that MS is doing the best thing?
>>>
>>>Tx
>>
>> The surest way to control which connection the computer will use is to
>> enable the one that you want to use and disable the one that you don't
>> want to use.
>>
>> If both are enabled and connected, XP's "Automatic Metric" feature
>> will choose a connection based on their rated speeds, as described
>> here:
>>
>> An explanation of the Automatic Metric feature for Internet Protocol
>> routes
>> http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?id=299540
>>
>> That will normally choose a wired Fast Ethernet connection over a
>> wireless 802.11b or 802.11g connection.  If automatic selection
>> doesn't do what you want, you can manually assign metrics to the
>> connections:
>>
>> 1. Open the Network Connections folder.
>> 2. Right click the desired connection.
>> 3. Click Properties | Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).
>> 4. Click Properties | Advanced.
>> 5. Un-check "Automatic metric".
>> 6. Enter a number between 1 and 9999 for the "Interface metric".
>> --
>> Best Wishes,
>> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>>
>> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
>> for everyone to see.  I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
>> addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>>
>> Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
>

"Jack (MVP-Networking)." <J***@DiscussionGroup.com> wrote in message
news:uAg34DAuGHA.4160@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Hi
> I am not sure that you followed Steve's advice to the letter.
>
> Here you have the same thing with a picture,
> http://www.ezlan.net/metrics.html
>
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
>
>
> "C Kelley" <n*@na.com> wrote in message
> news:O3kjl69tGHA.3392@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> thanks for the info, I did some tests and it looks like the auto mode
>> doesn't work well at all, I had my laptop plugged into the wired and
>> connected to the wireless network for about 5 min and I then started to
>> transfer a large file from a server, I checked my networking in the task
>> manager and the wireless connection was at 45% usage and the LAN was at
>> 0, I then disabled the wireless connection and the transfer failed, it
>> didn't bounce over to the other available connection. :( I guess I will
>> try putting in the TCP metrics manually and test some more. But so far it
>> doesn't look too good.
>>
>>
>> "Steve Winograd [MVP]" <bcma***@mvps.org> wrote in message
>> news:9vu4d291e3ov072rdujhla7lc4c0bt18va@4ax.com...
>>> In article <O$8VDo0tGHA.2***@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, "C Kelley"
>>> <n*@na.com> wrote:
>>>>I have an office network and I'm going to be adding wireless to
>>>>supplement
>>>>the wired network. I have a question on if laptops are connected to the
>>>>wired network but don't have their wireless connections disabled how can
>>>>I
>>>>be sure they are using the wired network? I changed the connection order
>>>>under advanced settings so the wired is above the wireless but is that
>>>>all I
>>>>do? Is there any way to tell?
>>>>
>>>>If a user is copying a large file over the wireless and then plugs in
>>>>the
>>>>wired does it transfer over to the faster connection? How does it all
>>>>work?
>>>>Or do we just trust that MS is doing the best thing?
>>>>
>>>>Tx
>>>
>>> The surest way to control which connection the computer will use is to
>>> enable the one that you want to use and disable the one that you don't
>>> want to use.
>>>
>>> If both are enabled and connected, XP's "Automatic Metric" feature
>>> will choose a connection based on their rated speeds, as described
>>> here:
>>>
>>> An explanation of the Automatic Metric feature for Internet Protocol
>>> routes
>>> http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?id=299540
>>>
>>> That will normally choose a wired Fast Ethernet connection over a
>>> wireless 802.11b or 802.11g connection.  If automatic selection
>>> doesn't do what you want, you can manually assign metrics to the
>>> connections:
>>>
>>> 1. Open the Network Connections folder.
>>> 2. Right click the desired connection.
>>> 3. Click Properties | Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).
>>> 4. Click Properties | Advanced.
>>> 5. Un-check "Automatic metric".
>>> 6. Enter a number between 1 and 9999 for the "Interface metric".
>>> --
>>> Best Wishes,
>>> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>>>
>>> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
>>> for everyone to see.  I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
>>> addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>>>
>>> Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>>
>>
>
>

"C Kelley" <n*@na.com> wrote in message
news:eNl9BPMuGHA.1512@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Yes you're right I hadn't yet manually defined the interface metric, but
> according to this doc http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?id=299540
> a wired connection which is a 100Mbits should be set to 20 and a wireless
> of 54Mbits should be set to 25 which would take care of my problem. I'm
> not looking forward to setting manual metrics on 100+ Laptop. I wish XP
> would work properly.
>
> I have not set and tested manually but I will do so, and post my results
> here. But windows XP is broken in this way as according to the KB what I
> said below shouldn't have happened.
>
>
> "Jack (MVP-Networking)." <J***@DiscussionGroup.com> wrote in message
> news:uAg34DAuGHA.4160@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Hi
>> I am not sure that you followed Steve's advice to the letter.
>>
>> Here you have the same thing with a picture,
>> http://www.ezlan.net/metrics.html
>>
>> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>>
>>
>>
>> "C Kelley" <n*@na.com> wrote in message
>> news:O3kjl69tGHA.3392@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> thanks for the info, I did some tests and it looks like the auto mode
>>> doesn't work well at all, I had my laptop plugged into the wired and
>>> connected to the wireless network for about 5 min and I then started to
>>> transfer a large file from a server, I checked my networking in the task
>>> manager and the wireless connection was at 45% usage and the LAN was at
>>> 0, I then disabled the wireless connection and the transfer failed, it
>>> didn't bounce over to the other available connection. :( I guess I will
>>> try putting in the TCP metrics manually and test some more. But so far
>>> it doesn't look too good.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Steve Winograd [MVP]" <bcma***@mvps.org> wrote in message
>>> news:9vu4d291e3ov072rdujhla7lc4c0bt18va@4ax.com...
>>>> In article <O$8VDo0tGHA.2***@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, "C Kelley"
>>>> <n*@na.com> wrote:
>>>>>I have an office network and I'm going to be adding wireless to
>>>>>supplement
>>>>>the wired network. I have a question on if laptops are connected to the
>>>>>wired network but don't have their wireless connections disabled how
>>>>>can I
>>>>>be sure they are using the wired network? I changed the connection
>>>>>order
>>>>>under advanced settings so the wired is above the wireless but is that
>>>>>all I
>>>>>do? Is there any way to tell?
>>>>>
>>>>>If a user is copying a large file over the wireless and then plugs in
>>>>>the
>>>>>wired does it transfer over to the faster connection? How does it all
>>>>>work?
>>>>>Or do we just trust that MS is doing the best thing?
>>>>>
>>>>>Tx
>>>>
>>>> The surest way to control which connection the computer will use is to
>>>> enable the one that you want to use and disable the one that you don't
>>>> want to use.
>>>>
>>>> If both are enabled and connected, XP's "Automatic Metric" feature
>>>> will choose a connection based on their rated speeds, as described
>>>> here:
>>>>
>>>> An explanation of the Automatic Metric feature for Internet Protocol
>>>> routes
>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?id=299540
>>>>
>>>> That will normally choose a wired Fast Ethernet connection over a
>>>> wireless 802.11b or 802.11g connection.  If automatic selection
>>>> doesn't do what you want, you can manually assign metrics to the
>>>> connections:
>>>>
>>>> 1. Open the Network Connections folder.
>>>> 2. Right click the desired connection.
>>>> 3. Click Properties | Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).
>>>> 4. Click Properties | Advanced.
>>>> 5. Un-check "Automatic metric".
>>>> 6. Enter a number between 1 and 9999 for the "Interface metric".
>>>> --
>>>> Best Wishes,
>>>> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>>>>
>>>> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
>>>> for everyone to see.  I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
>>>> addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>>>>
>>>> Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
>>>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>