"Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> wrote in message
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> "DevilsPGD" <spamsucks@crazyhat.net> wrote in message
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>> In message <OR0xEuL6FHA.3232@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl> "Kerry Brown"
>> <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Pavel A." <pavel_a@NOwritemeNO.com> wrote in message
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>>>> "Kerry Brown" <kerry@kdbNOSPAMsys-tems.c*a*m> wrote in message
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>>>>>
>>>>> It may be the binding order of the adapters. Open My Computer, right
>>>>> click on Network Places and pick properties, from the Advanced menu at
>>>>> the top pick Advanced Settings. In the Connections box make sure the
>>>>> wired NIC is at the top of the list. It is usually called Local Area
>>>>> Connection.
>>>>
>>>> No, the order of these icons has nothing common with binding order.
>>>
>>>The binding order has everything to do with which connection is used
>>>first.
>>>Make sure the one you want to be used first is at the top of the list.
>>
>> Not to be argumentative, but in XP default metrics are set based on
>> connection speeds -- So whichever connection is fastest will get the
>> highest priority.
>>
>> If you have a 54Mb 802.11g connection (Adhoc or not), Windows will
>> prefer that connection over a 10Mb wired connection.
>>
>
> Not always the case. It can be changed. See the following:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/com...uy/cg0903.mspx
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/com...0405.mspx#ECAA
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;894564
>
> It was a while ago when I had to do this. I had forgotten that you also
> had to override the default interface metric.
>

Steven Whatley

If the above got a little technical don't worry. As you have a router your
wired interface should be running at 100 Mb so it is the faster connection.
The metric shouldn't have to be changed. With wireless and wired at the same
time I have seen changing the binding order in the Advanced Settings make a
difference.

Kerry