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Old 01-04-2009   #1 (permalink)
Grand_Poobah
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Alternate network connection is NOT working

Can anyone tell me why plugging in a CAT-5 cable to my Vista SP1
machine's port will NOT bring up my LAN? The stupid "diagnose" button
simply tells me to "turn on wireless". This is of absolutely NO help
because my wireless access point is temporarily down.

Is there NO way to force a wired connection with Vista?

Using the "connect to a network" link is useless also as it also assumes
you want wireless - not wired. In XP you used to have a choice of
wireless or wired. Has that also been taken away by the brilliant
programmers at Microsoft?

GP
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