Wi-Fi disabling

Question

Hi all

Is there a definitive way , on Dell laptops, to automatically disable the Wi-Fi adapter when the laptop is plugged into a docking station where the Ethernet port has a cable plugged in or an Ethernet cable is plugged into the Ethernet port.

These machines are all Dell machines running Windows 7 SP1 currently. Anyone got any ideas?

Regards

Pete

DELL-Shawn B · Answer

Hi zatennisfan,

Thanks for the post, Depending on the model of system that we are looking at a few options are available to configure the wireless devices to disable when a wired connection is established.

Most new Latitude / Precision laptops will have a setting in the BIOS that allows the system to automatically enable / disable wireless devices upon the connection of a wired network:

BIOS >> Power Management >> Wireless Radio Control

Check out the following guide for a few driver / software solutions to this as well.

Radio Control when an Ethernet connection is established

http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/19/SLN50704/EN

Thanks,

Networking, Internet, & Bluetooth

Wi-Fi disabling

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