Physical to Wireless when dropped

[matrixebiz]

Hello, how do I setup Windows so that it only uses the Wireless connection when the manual connection doesn't work?? I have a laptop that I connect to the Internet 24/7 and if my physical network connection gets dropped I want it to then connect to the wireless connection, then when the physical connection is restored to connect back to it. So basically, the wireless is only the temp backup.

Thanks

[johnwill]

That should happen by default with XP.

Let's see this with both interfaces connected.

Start, Run, CMD to open a command prompt:

Type the following commands:

IPCONFIG /ALL

ROUTE PRINT
Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter.
Paste the results in a message here.

If you are on a machine with no network connection, use a floppy, USB disk, or a CD-RW disk to transfer a text file with the information to allow pasting it here.

[matrixebiz]

If I connect to the Wireless network both will stay connected. I only want the wireless to stay connected unless the LAN drops. Then when I disconnect the wireless it goes to a manual connect state ??

Thanks, here it is;
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : PC170161499426
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetLink (TM) Gigabit Ethern
et
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-60-C4-72-7C
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.101
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, November 09, 2007 3:46:31 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, November 16, 2007 3:46:31 PM


Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Networ
k Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-02-47-C4-D7

Ethernet adapter {5DFCEC7F-CA2E-40A0-AB36-91FE00A52BEB}:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Nortel IPSECSHM Adapter - Packet Sch
eduler Miniport
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 44-45-53-54-42-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>route print
===========================================================================
Interface List
0x1 ........................... MS TCP Loopback interface
0x2 ...00 15 60 c4 72 7c ...... Broadcom NetLink (TM) Gigabit Ethernet - Packet
Scheduler Miniport
0x3 ...00 13 02 47 c4 d7 ...... Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
- Packet Scheduler Miniport
0x4 ...44 45 53 54 42 00 ...... Nortel IPSECSHM Adapter - Packet Scheduler Minip
ort
===========================================================================
===========================================================================
Active Routes:
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.101 20
90.53.226.213 255.255.255.255 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.101 20
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
192.168.0.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.101 192.168.0.101 20
192.168.0.101 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 20
192.168.0.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.0.101 192.168.0.101 20
224.0.0.0 240.0.0.0 192.168.0.101 192.168.0.101 20
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.0.101 3 1
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.0.101 192.168.0.101 1
255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 192.168.0.101 4 1
Default Gateway: 192.168.0.1
===========================================================================
Persistent Routes:
None

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>

[johnwill]

Well, there's no way of I know to only connect the wireless when the wired connection fails. You could have them both active, and the wired connection will support the traffic unless it loses it's connection.

[matrixebiz]

Originally Posted by johnwill

Well, there's no way of I know to only connect the wireless when the wired connection fails. You could have them both active, and the wired connection will support the traffic unless it loses it's connection.

Ok, so when I have both connected, how do I know which connection is doing the data transfer? Does both do it, giving me a faster connection since the wireless network isn't my home network?
Thanks

[johnwill]

Nope, it should use the wired connection. You can call up the status of both of the network connections and watch the packet count as the machine runs.