preferring a faster local network connection in XP

[Justin Brown - SYNACS]

I have this problem where Windows prefers to use the wireless network
I'm connected to, even if I've got my 10/100 network cable plugged in.
Don't get me wrong, I am glad the wireless works. However I do not
want to use an access point that is shared with other users (and quite
possibly saturated with regard to throughput) when I've got a 100Mbps
wired connection.

Is there any way that you guys know of to make Windows prefer using
the faster of its available connections? I supposed that if I was on a
Gigabit link, with my 54Mbps wireless link concurrently, it would
still choose the wireless, which is wrong on so many levels.

Any thoughts?

 

[David Vair]

If you go to the Control Panel and open the Network Connections you can adjust it here. In the file
menu you will see the word Advanced., click that and select Advanced Settings from the menu. On the
Adapter and Bindings tab make sure that the Nic that is shown on top is the one you want to take
priority. If its not just highlight it and use the up arrow to move it to the top.
--
Dave Vair
CNE, CNA, MCP, A+, N+

"Justin Brown - SYNACS" <jcbrown@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1190845020.574320.296400@o80g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>I have this problem where Windows prefers to use the wireless network
> I'm connected to, even if I've got my 10/100 network cable plugged in.
> Don't get me wrong, I am glad the wireless works. However I do not
> want to use an access point that is shared with other users (and quite
> possibly saturated with regard to throughput) when I've got a 100Mbps
> wired connection.
>
> Is there any way that you guys know of to make Windows prefer using
> the faster of its available connections? I supposed that if I was on a
> Gigabit link, with my 54Mbps wireless link concurrently, it would
> still choose the wireless, which is wrong on so many levels.
>
> Any thoughts?
>

 

[Jim Macklin]

For security, I would disable any connection that wasn't
being used.



"David Vair" <dvair@nycap.rr.com> wrote in message
news:utGZA%23IAIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
| If you go to the Control Panel and open the Network
Connections you can adjust it here. In the file
| menu you will see the word Advanced., click that and
select Advanced Settings from the menu. On the
| Adapter and Bindings tab make sure that the Nic that is
shown on top is the one you want to take
| priority. If its not just highlight it and use the up
arrow to move it to the top.
| --
| Dave Vair
| CNE, CNA, MCP, A+, N+
|
| "Justin Brown - SYNACS" <jcbrown@gmail.com> wrote in
message
|
news:1190845020.574320.296400@o80g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
| >I have this problem where Windows prefers to use the
wireless network
| > I'm connected to, even if I've got my 10/100 network
cable plugged in.
| > Don't get me wrong, I am glad the wireless works.
However I do not
| > want to use an access point that is shared with other
users (and quite
| > possibly saturated with regard to throughput) when I've
got a 100Mbps
| > wired connection.
| >
| > Is there any way that you guys know of to make Windows
prefer using
| > the faster of its available connections? I supposed that
if I was on a
| > Gigabit link, with my 54Mbps wireless link concurrently,
it would
| > still choose the wireless, which is wrong on so many
levels.
| >
| > Any thoughts?
| >
|
|

 

[VanguardLH]

"Justin Brown - SYNACS" wrote ...
> I have this problem where Windows prefers to use the wireless
> network
> I'm connected to, even if I've got my 10/100 network cable plugged
> in.
> Don't get me wrong, I am glad the wireless works. However I do not
> want to use an access point that is shared with other users (and
> quite
> possibly saturated with regard to throughput) when I've got a
> 100Mbps
> wired connection.
>
> Is there any way that you guys know of to make Windows prefer using
> the faster of its available connections? I supposed that if I was on
> a
> Gigabit link, with my 54Mbps wireless link concurrently, it would
> still choose the wireless, which is wrong on so many levels.


How is using a preferred and faster router in your intranetwork going
to magically make your cable/dsl modem any faster? The same users
that are choking your Internet access with their bandwidth will still
be choking it regarding of which router/switch/accesspoint you use in
your intranetwork. They all go through the same cable/dsl modem.
Your pipe to your ISP doesn't get any bigger because you use a faster
internal device.

Just how big do you think is your pipe to your ISP? Your pipe to them
is 10Mbps, or less. Even an old NIC that only supported 10Mbps would
be more than the bandwidth available through your cable/dsl modem.
Even if you were lucky to have a 20Mbps pipe to your ISP, your NICs at
100Mbps are oversized and so, too, is your 54Mbps wireless access
point.

Doesn't matter how wide are the doors inside the building. There is
only one narrow entry/exit door for the whole building so everyone has
to squeeze through it. Your devices are faster than the throttling of
your cable/dsl modem. 10Mbps, 54Mbps, 100Mbps, or 1000Mbps: they're
all going through the same pipe to your ISP (which is probably capped
somewhere [far] below 20Mbps).

 

[Ace]

Afraid you misread. OP speaks of access point, not of any ISP connection.
It's quite possible for an access point to be swamped when too many
wireless clients are connected to it - i.e. for my example i'll use my
3Com Wireless 7760 11a/b/g PoE access point; this device supports 54Mbit
wireless speeds; but in all reality it will not gracefully handle more
than 20 concurrent users sharing files and streaming media before things
start to slow down significantly.
By default, I place at least two accesspoints per 20 users.

Justin Brown; maybe it is time to send a suggestion to your in-house tech
to fortify the wireless network with a second/third/fourth/etc.
accesspoint for improved stability.




"VanguardLH" <VanguardLH@mail.invalid> wrote in news:eAZ#EzMAIHA.4592
@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl:

> "Justin Brown - SYNACS" wrote ...
---snip---
>> Don't get me wrong, I am glad the wireless works. However I do not
>> want to use an access point that is shared with other users (and
>> quite
>> possibly saturated with regard to throughput) when I've got a
>> 100Mbps
>> wired connection.
---snip---
> How is using a preferred and faster router in your intranetwork going
> to magically make your cable/dsl modem any faster?
---snip---



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[Justin Brown - SYNACS]

That is correct; In addition to visiting the web for Microsoft
Updates, I am also transferring data over the lan, as are (to a lesser
degree) other users.

On Sep 27, 5:06 am, Ace <ace_rules_...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Afraid you misread. OP speaks of access point, not of any ISP connection.
> It's quite possible for an access point to be swamped when too many
> wireless clients are connected to it - i.e. for my example i'll use my
> 3Com Wireless 7760 11a/b/g PoE access point; this device supports 54Mbit
> wireless speeds; but in all reality it will not gracefully handle more
> than 20 concurrent users sharing files and streaming media before things
> start to slow down significantly.
> By default, I place at least two accesspoints per 20 users.
>
> Justin Brown; maybe it is time to send a suggestion to your in-house tech
> to fortify the wireless network with a second/third/fourth/etc.
> accesspoint for improved stability.
>
> "VanguardLH" <Vanguar...@mail.invalid> wrote in news:eAZ#EzMAIHA.4592
> @TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl:
>
> > "Justin Brown - SYNACS" wrote ...
> ---snip---
> >> Don't get me wrong, I am glad the wireless works. However I do not
> >> want to use an access point that is shared with other users (and
> >> quite
> >> possibly saturated with regard to throughput) when I've got a
> >> 100Mbps
> >> wired connection.
> ---snip---
> > How is using a preferred and faster router in your intranetwork going
> > to magically make your cable/dsl modem any faster?
>
> ---snip---
>
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[Justin Brown - SYNACS]

On Sep 26, 11:08 pm, "VanguardLH" <Vanguar...@mail.invalid> wrote:
> "Justin Brown - SYNACS" wrote ...
>
>
>
>
>
> > I have this problem where Windows prefers to use the wireless
> > network
> > I'm connected to, even if I've got my 10/100 network cable plugged
> > in.
> > Don't get me wrong, I am glad the wireless works. However I do not
> > want to use an access point that is shared with other users (and
> > quite
> > possibly saturated with regard to throughput) when I've got a
> > 100Mbps
> > wired connection.
>
> > Is there any way that you guys know of to make Windows prefer using
> > the faster of its available connections? I supposed that if I was on
> > a
> > Gigabit link, with my 54Mbps wireless link concurrently, it would
> > still choose the wireless, which is wrong on so many levels.
>
> How is using a preferred and faster router in your intranetwork going
> to magically make your cable/dsl modem any faster? The same users
> that are choking your Internet access with their bandwidth will still
> be choking it regarding of which router/switch/accesspoint you use in
> your intranetwork. They all go through the same cable/dsl modem.
> Your pipe to your ISP doesn't get any bigger because you use a faster
> internal device.
>
> Just how big do you think is your pipe to your ISP? Your pipe to them
> is 10Mbps, or less. Even an old NIC that only supported 10Mbps would
> be more than the bandwidth available through your cable/dsl modem.
> Even if you were lucky to have a 20Mbps pipe to your ISP, your NICs at
> 100Mbps are oversized and so, too, is your 54Mbps wireless access
> point.
>
> Doesn't matter how wide are the doors inside the building. There is
> only one narrow entry/exit door for the whole building so everyone has
> to squeeze through it. Your devices are faster than the throttling of
> your cable/dsl modem. 10Mbps, 54Mbps, 100Mbps, or 1000Mbps: they're
> all going through the same pipe to your ISP (which is probably capped
> somewhere [far] below 20Mbps).- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

The speed of our uplink is not the issue here. I am not saturating
that particular link, but rather my Wifi link.

 

[Justin Brown - SYNACS]

On Sep 26, 4:44 pm, "Jim Macklin"
<p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm> wrote:
> For security, I would disable any connection that wasn't
> being used.
>
> "David Vair" <dv...@nycap.rr.com> wrote in message
>
> news:utGZA%23IAIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> | If you go to the Control Panel and open the Network
> Connections you can adjust it here. In the file
> | menu you will see the word Advanced., click that and
> select Advanced Settings from the menu. On the
> | Adapter and Bindings tab make sure that the Nic that is
> shown on top is the one you want to take
> | priority. If its not just highlight it and use the up
> arrow to move it to the top.
> | --
> | Dave Vair
> | CNE, CNA, MCP, A+, N+
> |
> | "Justin Brown - SYNACS" <jcbr...@gmail.com> wrote in
> message
> |news:1190845020.574320.296400@o80g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
> | >I have this problem where Windows prefers to use the
> wireless network
> | > I'm connected to, even if I've got my 10/100 network
> cable plugged in.
> | > Don't get me wrong, I am glad the wireless works.
> However I do not
> | > want to use an access point that is shared with other
> users (and quite
> | > possibly saturated with regard to throughput) when I've
> got a 100Mbps
> | > wired connection.
> | >
> | > Is there any way that you guys know of to make Windows
> prefer using
> | > the faster of its available connections? I supposed that
> if I was on a
> | > Gigabit link, with my 54Mbps wireless link concurrently,
> it would
> | > still choose the wireless, which is wrong on so many
> levels.
> | >
> | > Any thoughts?
> | >
> |
> |

Thanks for the input, Jim. In this case, it's quite often not my
computer that I will be using, and disabling other users' adapters
would be (as you can imagine) problematic!! =]

 

[Justin Brown - SYNACS]

On Sep 26, 3:49 pm, "David Vair" <dv...@nycap.rr.com> wrote:
> If you go to the Control Panel and open the Network Connections you can adjust it here. In the file
> menu you will see the word Advanced., click that and select Advanced Settings from the menu. On the
> Adapter and Bindings tab make sure that the Nic that is shown on top is the one you want to take
> priority. If its not just highlight it and use the up arrow to move it to the top.
> --
> Dave Vair
> CNE, CNA, MCP, A+, N+
>
> "Justin Brown - SYNACS" <jcbr...@gmail.com> wrote in messagenews:1190845020.574320.296400@o80g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> >I have this problem where Windows prefers to use the wireless network
> > I'm connected to, even if I've got my 10/100 network cable plugged in.
> > Don't get me wrong, I am glad the wireless works. However I do not
> > want to use an access point that is shared with other users (and quite
> > possibly saturated with regard to throughput) when I've got a 100Mbps
> > wired connection.
>
> > Is there any way that you guys know of to make Windows prefer using
> > the faster of its available connections? I supposed that if I was on a
> > Gigabit link, with my 54Mbps wireless link concurrently, it would
> > still choose the wireless, which is wrong on so many levels.
>
> > Any thoughts?- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

That is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks, David!

 

[VanguardLH]

"Ace" <ace_rules_bbs@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns99B88F5B466F9FearIsTheMindKiller@207.46.248.16...
> Afraid you misread. OP speaks of access point, not of any ISP
> connection.
> It's quite possible for an access point to be swamped when too many
> wireless clients are connected to it - i.e. for my example i'll use
> my
> 3Com Wireless 7760 11a/b/g PoE access point; this device supports
> 54Mbit
> wireless speeds; but in all reality it will not gracefully handle
> more
> than 20 concurrent users sharing files and streaming media before
> things
> start to slow down significantly.
> By default, I place at least two accesspoints per 20 users.
>
> Justin Brown; maybe it is time to send a suggestion to your in-house
> tech
> to fortify the wireless network with a second/third/fourth/etc.
> accesspoint for improved stability.


With multiple connectoids defined, the user could simply disable the
ones they don't want to use. Or, as David mentioned, you specify
their priority. If the OP was using switches or routers in his
intranet then use QoS would also be a possibility.

 

[Ace]

Also a likely solution, yes.



"VanguardLH" <VanguardLH@mail.invalid> wrote in news:uno7rhUAIHA.3548
@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl:

> With multiple connectoids defined, the user could simply disable the
> ones they don't want to use. Or, as David mentioned, you specify
> their priority. If the OP was using switches or routers in his
> intranet then use QoS would also be a possibility.
>



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