On Tue, 7 Oct 2008 10:17:30 -0700 (PDT), nemo <gnuarm@xxxxxx>
wrote:
Quote:
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>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.
nemo:
Not a direct answer... but Vista definitely has some issues in this
area. Myself and associates have found it exceedingly difficult even
to switch from wireless to wired; or in the case of wired, to
disconnect the cable without Vista going into a hung state. Generally
you have to disable and enable the cards before making any changes or
it rarely hooks up correctly.
One associate finds that he can't even change wireless networks
without disabling/enabling the network interface. Some folks have
managed to pull off the switch by issuing an ipconfig/renew. On other
systems, nothing short of a reboot allows it to happen.
Perhaps the reboot with both connections hooked up or disable wireless
-connect wired - enable wireless scenario would work.