Working with Two NIC

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http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=0&pid=267
here is another way..........most companies sell these
look for it on the wab page of your wireless manufacturer
peter
"Jeff" <jroth@nd.edu> wrote in message
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>I am getting a lot of notebook that have two NIC (one wireless and another
>cable).
>
> I have some users that are just on the border of our wireless connection, and
> their wireless connection is unstable. Even if they plug their computer into
> the cabled network it seem that all their application run through the wireless
> NIC first then it tries the cable NIC. This is causing a problem with a
> couple of applications. It their away that I can setup their computers so
> that everything tries to run thorough their cable NIC first, and if the Cable
> NIC is not working it tries their wireless NIC automatically?
>

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Thank you for your help!


"Steve Riley [MSFT]" <steriley@microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Try this.
>
> 1. Open the Network Connections folder.
> 2. In the menu choose Advanced | Advanced Settings.
> 3. Reorder the adapters in the Connections box so that the wired NIC is
> first.
>
> Steve Riley
> steriley@microsoft.com
>
>
>
> "Jeff" <jroth@nd.edu> wrote in message
> news:%23NCA6j74EHA.524@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>I am getting a lot of notebook that have two NIC (one wireless and another
>>cable).
>>
>> I have some users that are just on the border of our wireless connection,
>> and their wireless connection is unstable. Even if they plug their
>> computer into the cabled network it seem that all their application run
>> through the wireless NIC first then it tries the cable NIC. This is
>> causing a problem with a couple of applications. It their away that I
>> can setup their computers so that everything tries to run thorough their
>> cable NIC first, and if the Cable NIC is not working it tries their
>> wireless NIC automatically?
>>
>
>