Tech Support Forum - View Single Post - [SOLVED] AcerApireOne drops wireless if LAN connected

**johnwill** · 05-22-2009, 07:41 AM

The reason for this is you have two network interfaces with default gateways specified. Windows will prefer the wired connection and that's were all the external network requests will be routed.

Manually configure the wired connection and leave the Default Gateway and DNS Server blank, then the wireless will still be used for the external connections. The wired connection will still function for local file/print sharing.

05-22-2009, 07:41 AM	#2 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,802 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: AcerApireOne drops wireless if LAN connected The reason for this is you have two network interfaces with default gateways specified. Windows will prefer the wired connection and that's were all the external network requests will be routed. Manually configure the wired connection and leave the Default Gateway and DNS Server blank, then the wireless will still be used for the external connections. The wired connection will still function for local file/print sharing. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience