Cannot disable wireless network card!

Question

Inspiron 9300 running XP Pro SP2. When I choose Start | Settings | Network Connections then right click the connection for my wireless network adapter and choose Disable from the context menu I get the following error. 'It is not possible to disable the connection at this time. This connection may be using on or more protocols that do not support Plug-and-Play, or it may have been initiated by another user or the system account.' How can I disable the connection or find out what is preventing it? Thanks.

bacillus · Answer

Have you tried using Fn+F2 to turn off your wireless card?

bazsl · Answer

Fn+F2 does not disable the wireless card. Instead it turns off the transamitter. I have never had a problem turning off the transmitter using either Fn+F2 or the tray icon. I want to be able to disable the wireless card when I enable the internal wired Ethernet adapter since I use the same IP address for both. Thanks for the sugestion.

bazsl · Answer

No, I use static IP addresses, not DHCP. The IP address for both the wireless and the wired adapter are 10.0.0.9. This lets me have ports forwarded to this computer through my firewall regardless of which adapter is enabled.

FWIW, I can disable the wireless adapter in Device Manager. It is just a lot more work to get there. :)

steven troise · Answer

you can leave them both enabled. i have the 9300 and its fine. leave them both going. the wire to the ethernet card is different ip address from the wireless. it will be off by either 2 or 1 numbers.

steven troise · Answer

ok im sorry. hope everything works for u

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