Re: disable wireless upon ethernet connection

On 10 Jul 2006 12:29:23 -0700, ericooi@gmail.com wrote in
<1152559763.873836.82120@s13g2000cwa.googlegroups. com>:

>I was wondering whether or not there was a method to auto disable my
>wireless connection whenever I connect through a LAN/ethernet line?
>I'm looking for a solution that can be done either through a script or
>program. I've heard of AirSafe but am having trouble getting a hold of
>a sales rep and was curious about other possible solutions.

If your Ethernet is 100BaseT, it will always get preference over Wi-Fi
when connected. 10BaseT might not, unless you do the following:

Interface Metrics control which interface will be used at any given
time. To display them, Run "ROUTE PRINT" in a Command window. (To see
which Interface corresponds to which IP address, Run "IPCONFIG /ALL".)
The lowest Metric is given preference, and shown as the Default Route.

Metrics can be controlled with the Interface Metric option in Advanced
TCP/IP Settings. To ensure what you want, set the Metric of Wireless to
40, and it will be automatically overridden by Ethernet, even 10BaseT.

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