Anyone know how to fix the issue of laptops connecting to both wired and wireless connections in Win Xp?

Question

I work in IT and an ongoing issue I have with the laptops in our environment (I am laptop support for my company) is that the machines (all IBM systems, various models) constantly connect to both the wired and wireless connections, resulting in various network related problems (such as NOT automatically connecting network drives, slow system performance due to the machine being confused as to which connection to use, etc.). I am aware that I can shut off the wireless radio manually but is there something I can do that will permanently fix the problem?

Answer 1

you can change the settings on your DHCP server and basically issue max 1 IP per host name. We have that in my company (75 laptops in/out constantly) but it's not affecting anything on our network? are you sure that is your problem.

If your network drives are not connecting check you GP settings - you can force refresh/update even if your network is really really slow (default is don't update)

http://www.adminspy.com

Answer 2

If you use Access Connections then there is an option to connect though the best network.

So if you plug in a cable it will use the Ethernet, if it is unplugged and in range of an AP it will use 802.11

It should be a free download for any supported IBM/Lenovo ThinkPad

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/product.do?subcategoryind=0&familyind=152593&brandind=17&doccategoryind=0&modelind=0&doctypeind=9&validate=true&partnumberind=0&sitestyle=lenovo&template=%2Fproductpage%2Flandingpages%2FproductPageLandingPage.vm&operatingsystemind=49986&machineind=0
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Answer 3

go to your network connections and disable one for the time being