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August 8th, 2014 18:00

Wireless to Ethernet

I own a alienware aurora desktop and I added the Dell Wireless 1540 802.11a/n Dual Band, High Speed Wi-Fi. 

I wanted to switch and only use Ethernet but for some reason I am still using wireless.  How can I switch to Ethernet only?

  • Tesla1856

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    Posted August 8th, 2014 19:00

    Just disconnect from SSID-HotSpot-AccessPoint .

    Then connect ethernet wire. Yes, wire is much faster and better.

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    Posted August 8th, 2014 19:00

    Hate to sound like a noob but what is a SSID-HotSpot-AccessPoint ? I have my ethernet cable plugged into my pc and into my router. 

  • GarfieldFan

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    Posted August 10th, 2014 10:00

    1. Check the LAN port on the back of your desktop and ensure the LED lights adjacent to your port are blinking (one should be green to greenish/yellow, the other amber or slightly orange). If they are not blinking, you desktop is not transmitting or receiving data from your router/modem. This could also be an indication that your wired NIC has a problem and needs replacing.
    2. Open Control Panel, go to "Network and Internet," then select "Network and Sharing Center." From this page, you will see a link on the left that says "Change adapter setting," click on this and a second window will open. In that second window, you will see every network connection device installed on your computer (both physical connections and virtual connections, if applicable). Look for the connection usually title "Ethernet" and make sure there is not a red "X" at the bottom of the icon for it. If there is, right click on the icon for Ethernet and look to see if "Enable" is the top option (if you see "Disable" as the top option, the card is already enabled). If the card is already enabled but still has the red "X" on the icon, select "Connect/Disconnect" from the right-click menu. If you are using Windows 8 or up, the "Networks" side panel should slide in from the right of the screen, if using Windows 7, you should get a network connection window. Whichever is the case, you should see options to connect to your wired Ethernet.
    3. Windows is supposed switch your connection from wireless to Ethernet automatically once an Ethernet cable is connected to the computer and a signal is acquired from that cable. If you have gone through the above two steps and still only show a wireless connection in your tool bar, go back to the "Change adapter setting" page from the "Network and Sharing Center" in Control Panel, right click on your wireless connection, and either choose to disconnect or disable the wireless card. This should force Windows to switch to the Ethernet connection over wireless. however, keep in mind that telling Windows to disconnect from wireless will not necessarily ensure it will not reconnect the next time you start the computer and choosing to disable the wireless connection will keep it from being used at all until you go back into that setting window and re-enable the wireless card. From Windows 8, you can simply click on the wireless connection icon in your tool bar, go to the wireless connection listed in the "Networks" panel that will appear on the right of your screen, and remove the check from the box titled "Connect automatically" under the listing for your wireless network.

    I hope this helps. :-)