I'm looking for an application (or heck, even a cheap registry patch!)
that will allow a laptop to switch between wired and wireless
connections automatically, preferring wired Ethernet of course. I
know that IBM Access Connections is such an application that does it
for IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad's, but I'm looking for something more generic
for use on any laptop with Windows XP.

Does such an animal exist?

-Rob

XP should already be able to do this automatically. Go to the Network
Connections folder. Select 'Advanced' from the menu bar, 'Advanced
Settings'. The 'Adaptors and Bindings tab will show a connections window
with the priority for the connections.

The higher in the list, the higher the priority. I have my wired
connections up top and my wireless connection below.

Hopefully this is what you are looking for.

Simon

"Rob" <xxy@xxz.com> wrote in message
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I'm not sure if that stops your wireless adapter from connecting to
the access point at all though. That's what I want. I still get two
IP addresses (one per adapter) and I want to stop that.



On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 12:50:19 -0500, "simon" <sthan7@hotmail.com>
wrote:

Here's a product you can try, the 'lite' version is free too:
http://www.bvrp.com/eng/products/con...er/Default.asp

You could also just manually disable the wireless connection when you don't
need it... Or you could uncheck the "Connect when this network is in range"
option in the 'Connection' tab for your wireless connection. You would then
have to double click on the wireless network when you need it.

Here's another app you might find useful:
http://www.mobilenetswitch.com/

"Rob" <xxy@xxz.com> wrote in message
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Cool. Thanks for the options. I'll take a look at them.



On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 13:51:49 -0500, "simon" <sthan7@hotmail.com>
wrote: