Hi, I am finding out that it does seem to conflict; as I type this, I am having that very problem.

I am using a Latitude D800, of which I find to be extremely slow any way.

One other thing; I've got the Mobile Centrino wireless chip in here and it works fairly well for the most part.

My problem and situation is this: in the mornings I connect my company laptop to a network connection, then log on to VPN via the company's VPN bridge from the contractor to the employer. From that point, I have full connectivity to the Internet and outside world via VPN tunneling.

Until just two nights ago, I've been able to do this during the day, then come home at night and if necessary, ride on the WiFi signal of mine at home for Internet connectivity, which then allows me to tunnel via VPN to the company's network: email, IM, intranet, the whole 9 yards.

Now, while it shows that I am either connected to my own SSID or my neighbor's, all of a sudden I cannot get Internet connectivity at all.

I've tried all I can I can think of: ipconfig /release /renew /flushdns, etc. and nothing seems to grant me Internet connectivity. I have another Dell laptop, an Inspiron, that I use for personal matters and it does just fine. It runs XP and this company laptop runs Win2K.

Sorry for the long setup explanation, but can anyone please help with this dilemma?

Thanks!

 

 

texasbbqribs,

Windows XP will preferentially route traffic using the fastest available interface available if both interfaces are the same as far as subnet masks and gateway settings are concerned. The only problem with that is that the highest rated speed may not correctly reflect the interface with the highest throughput. For example, consider an 802.11b wireless interface (11 mbits/sec. rated speed) is unlikely to outperform a 10 mbit/second Ethernet connection. The other possibility is that one interface might be being used differently, if there's a VPN tunnel being routed through it, as mentioned by the other poster in this thread. Since the VPN tunnel is uniquely bound to one interface, the second one may disrupt operation of the VPN. I typically disable whichever interface I'm not intending to be using, except while troubleshooting. Of course, disconnecting the Ethernet cable will force all traffic through the wireless interface, because it's the only one that's active. The ambiguity only occurs if both are active.

Jim

Thank you for the message. It sounds like Windows XP tries but the only sure way is to disable the connection you don't want to use.

texasbbqribs,

I completely agree. The situation's unambiguous if only one interface is active.

Jim