Re: Laptop Only Uses WiFi, Refuses to Use Wired LAN When Connected

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From: eM eL
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 03:23

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"M.H." <none@none.com> wrote in message news:2Nidnah0pueGPHzfRVn-ow@gwi.net...
>I have an IBM ThinkPad T42 running Windows XP SP2, and I have two network adapters:
> How can I get Windows XP to use the wired connection when present, and only the 
> WiFi as a fallback?  Thanks.

Use IBM Access Connections to configure your connections instead of using windows 
network setup (and uncheck the "connect automatically" property for the wireless 
connection.)

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