On Oct 7, 10:39*am, "Bob Campbell" <b...@xxxxxx> wrote:
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> "nemo" <gnu...@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> news:6de423ce-b20b-47ae-b03a-5d6c8b355a0e@xxxxxx
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> >I have a new laptop with Vista Home Premium and I am using the
> > wireless connection to reach a router to connect to the Internet.
> > When I attach a cable for my local network, the connection to the
> > Internet is broken. *I am still connected to the wireless router, but
> > the Internet connection is lost.
>
> Why are the 2 networks separate? * Run a cable from your wireless router to
> your local network hub. * That way you have internet connection thru the
> wire AND you can see your local network when running wireless.
>
> This is the way I have always done it here. Running a wire for a wireless connection kind of defeats the purpose
of the wireless connection! PCs can and have used more than one
network interface for many years. There is something goofy about the
configuration under Vista. I have done this before under Win2k. I
have even shared a modem over a network under Win2k.