Brian, 1) If you disable the ethernet (local) connection ( not the drivers) for the ethernet port are the results that there is no wireless connection or that the wireless connection works
2) When both are plugged in and you issue an ipconfig command from a command line, do both connections show up with valid IP addresses? 3) Does the ethernet local continue to have an IP address if unplugged? Rocky > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:42:02 -0500 > From: Brian Jones <[email protected]> > Subject: Networking Issue > > I have a customer with an unusual problem... Her Dell > Latitude D610 (5 = > yrs old) has both an Ethernet port and Wireless G. > Her wireless did not = > work until she discovered by accident that it would start > working when = > she disabled the Broadcom drivers for the Ethernet > port. I have = > upgraded her drivers (remotely... she is in Ohio) and the > problem is = > still there. She has a ton of business related > software and data, so = > the erase/reload is not desirable, especially since I don't > have the = > machine in my shop. > > I suspect either a hardware problem (Windows cannot detect > that the = > Ethernet cable has been unplugged) or registry problem > (Windows insists = > on using the Ethernet port even when unplugged). > First, how does = > Windows decide which network connection to favor, and > second, are there = > switches somewhere in the registry that may have been > damaged? > > - Brian ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
