Re: Disable wireless when wired connection detected

2011-12-12 Thread Dean Cunningham
buy an lenovo laptop, works for us :D they have such a utility, transparent to the user and automagical >> >> > Or try Wireless AutoSwitch http://www.wirelessautoswitch.com >> > >> > On 7 December 2011 17:37, David Lum wrote: >> > >> > Is there a native way in XP or Win7 to do this? Related:

RE: Disable wireless when wired connection detected

2011-12-08 Thread Sam Cayze
With Dell you can also push BIOS settings over the network... -Original Message- From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 9:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Disable wireless when wired connection detected You sir, are correct. As our

Re: Disable wireless when wired connection detected

2011-12-08 Thread Ben Scott
On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 10:38 AM, David Lum wrote: >> ... one more answer that doesn't really match your givens ... >> ... BIOS option ... > > You sir, are correct. ... We will be discussing this possibility today. Ah-hah! Sometimes it rains in the desert! :-) > Thanks Ben! You're welcome.

RE: Disable wireless when wired connection detected

2011-12-08 Thread David Lum
: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 6:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Disable wireless when wired connection detected On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 12:37 PM, David Lum wrote: > Is there a native way in XP or Win7 to do this? Just to add one m

Re: Disable wireless when wired connection detected

2011-12-08 Thread Ben Scott
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 12:37 PM, David Lum wrote: > Is there a native way in XP or Win7 to do this? Just to add one more answer that doesn't really match your givens and is of limited applicability: The recent E-series Dell Latitude laptops we've been getting have a BIOS option to disable th

RE: Disable wireless when wired connection detected

2011-12-07 Thread Sam Cayze
: Disable wireless when wired connection detected Don’t have a laptop in front of me, but found a screenshot online: http://goo.gl/8BdI3 From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 3:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Disable wireless when wired

Re: Disable wireless when wired connection detected

2011-12-07 Thread John Cook
connection detected Don’t have a laptop in front of me, but found a screenshot online: http://goo.gl/8BdI3 From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 3:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Disable wireless when wired connection detected Where would I find

RE: Disable wireless when wired connection detected

2011-12-07 Thread Sam Cayze
Don’t have a laptop in front of me, but found a screenshot online: http://goo.gl/8BdI3 From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 3:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Disable wireless when wired connection detected Where would I find that

RE: Disable wireless when wired connection detected

2011-12-07 Thread John Cook
] Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 4:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Disable wireless when wired connection detected Yes, Control Point is rubbish, but you don’t need it installed to set the ‘Disable Upon Wired Connect’ in the adaptor settings. From: John Cook [mailto:john.c

RE: Disable wireless when wired connection detected

2011-12-07 Thread Sam Cayze
connection detected Dell ControlPoint is the Debbil.just sayin. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership for Strong Families From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 12:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Disable wireless when

RE: Disable wireless when wired connection detected

2011-12-07 Thread John Cook
: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 3:09 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Disable wireless when wired connection detected Free beer. Actually, this is pretty easy to do. I have something mocked up in PowerShell and it's working. Translating it to C#, since I'm not really a programmer,

Re: Disable wireless when wired connection detected

2011-12-07 Thread Graeme Carstairs
to:loonyto...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 07, 2011 2:32 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Disable wireless when wired connection detected > > ** ** > > Yeh I Want to too. > > Another thing I want to do is change ip settings based on network.

RE: Disable wireless when wired connection detected

2011-12-07 Thread David Lum
AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Disable wireless when wired connection detected Only because I'm curious: Why do you want/need to disable wireless when wired is plugged in? Doesn't the laptop use the wired (by making the metric "weigh less") automatically? Wha

Re: Disable wireless when wired connection detected

2011-12-07 Thread Andrew S. Baker
o:john.c...@pfsf.org] > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 07, 2011 1:24 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Disable wireless when wired connection detected > > ** ** > > There is > > *Configuring Metrics, *or how to choose the default connection be

RE: Disable wireless when wired connection detected

2011-12-07 Thread Paul Hutchings
l.com] Sent: 07 December 2011 7:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Disable wireless when wired connection detected One of the major reasons is that the networks that are wired and wireless might well be different, and end user machines really shouldn't be connected simultan

RE: Disable wireless when wired connection detected

2011-12-07 Thread Michael B. Smith
From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 2:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Disable wireless when wired connection detected Whaddya want for nothing? John W. Cook System Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 5950 NW 1st Place Gainesville

RE: Disable wireless when wired connection detected

2011-12-07 Thread Michael B. Smith
PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Disable wireless when wired connection detected Yeh I Want to too. Another thing I want to do is change ip settings based on network. My iPhone I can have static ip on some wireless networks and dhcp on others. Can't be done on windows at least not that

Re: Disable wireless when wired connection detected

2011-12-07 Thread Richard Stovall
* > > ** ** > > Regards, > > ** ** > > Michael B. Smith > > Consultant and Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com <http://theessentialexchange.com/> > > ** ** > > *From:* John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] > *Sent:* Wednesday, Decemb

Disable wireless when wired connection detected

2011-12-07 Thread Graeme Carstairs
om: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com] > Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 12:59 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Disable wireless when wired connection detected > > > > +1 > > > > From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] >

Re: Disable wireless when wired connection detected

2011-12-07 Thread Kurt Buff
gt; Consultant and Exchange MVP >> http://TheEssentialExchange.com >> >> From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k...@colonialsavings.com] >> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 12:59 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: Disable wireless when wired connection

RE: Disable wireless when wired connection detected

2011-12-07 Thread John Cook
, December 07, 2011 1:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Disable wireless when wired connection detected Right. Of course the challenge with this is that wireless connection will continue to consume DHCP resources (i.e., IP addresses). Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange

RE: Disable wireless when wired connection detected

2011-12-07 Thread John Cook
mira.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 1:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Disable wireless when wired connection detected I don't think you can do that via GPO though. From: John Cook [john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: 07 December 2011 6:24 PM To:

RE: Disable wireless when wired connection detected

2011-12-07 Thread Jim Holmgren
ystem Admin Issues Subject: RE: Disable wireless when wired connection detected Not that I've found. It's always seemed, to me, like a bit of an obvious thing to want to be able to do. From: Michael B. Smith [mich...@smithcons.com] Sent: 07 December 2011

RE: Disable wireless when wired connection detected

2011-12-07 Thread Kim Longenbaugh
eless autoswitch product, which can be installed in such a way as to prevent users from cheating. From: John Cook [mailto:john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 12:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Disable wireless when wired connection detected There is Configuring Metric

RE: Disable wireless when wired connection detected

2011-12-07 Thread Paul Hutchings
I don't think you can do that via GPO though. From: John Cook [john.c...@pfsf.org] Sent: 07 December 2011 6:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Disable wireless when wired connection detected There is Configuring Metrics, or how to choose the de

RE: Disable wireless when wired connection detected

2011-12-07 Thread Michael B. Smith
, 2011 1:24 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Disable wireless when wired connection detected There is Configuring Metrics, or how to choose the default connection between Wired and Wireless Connections. It is very common in today computers (especially Laptops) to have Wired Network Card

RE: Disable wireless when wired connection detected

2011-12-07 Thread Matthew W. Ross
iginal Message - From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@smithcons.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:12:59 -0800 Subject: RE: Disable wireless when wired connection detected > There has to be a better way! :-P >

RE: Disable wireless when wired connection detected

2011-12-07 Thread Paul Hutchings
es Subject: RE: Disable wireless when wired connection detected +1 From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]<mailto:[mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 11:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Disable wireless when wired connection detected

RE: Disable wireless when wired connection detected

2011-12-07 Thread John Cook
1:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Disable wireless when wired connection detected There has to be a better way! :-P But looks like a cool utility. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Kim Longenbaugh [mailto:k

RE: Disable wireless when wired connection detected

2011-12-07 Thread Michael B. Smith
: Disable wireless when wired connection detected +1 From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]<mailto:[mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com]> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 11:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Disable wireless when wired connection detected Or try Wireless Auto

RE: Disable wireless when wired connection detected

2011-12-07 Thread Kim Longenbaugh
+1 From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 11:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Disable wireless when wired connection detected Or try Wireless AutoSwitch http://www.wirelessautoswitch.com<http://www.wirelessautoswitch.com/> On 7 De

Re: Disable wireless when wired connection detected

2011-12-07 Thread John Cook
Dell ControlPoint is the Debbil.just sayin. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership for Strong Families From: James Rankin [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 12:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Disable wireless when wired connection detected

Re: Disable wireless when wired connection detected

2011-12-07 Thread James Rankin
Or try Wireless AutoSwitch http://www.wirelessautoswitch.com On 7 December 2011 17:37, David Lum wrote: > Is there a native way in XP or Win7 to do this? Related: Can’t you have > the wireless adapter only work when undocked? > > *David Lum* > Systems Engineer // NWEATM > Office 503.548.5229

Re: Disable wireless when wired connection detected

2011-12-07 Thread James Rankin
Dell and IBM, IIRC, have utilities in their Wireless management software that do stuff like this, "disable wireless when wired detected" or something like that I also remember seeing a script on the Spiceworks site that could do this http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/show/278 There may be b