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Orc
Flightless Bird
Cheers
I still believe that the internet is based on black magic and sacrifices of
goats to gods of packet switching so I suspect that this is one of those
issues where the sense of humor imp has taken over and it will never be
resolved or explained. Now where's that chicken.........
Orc
"John McGaw" <Nobody@Nowh.ere> wrote in message
news:JRYen.319779$H15.171537@en-nntp-02.dc1.easynews.com...
> On 2/15/2010 11:51 AM, Orc wrote:
>> I have a wireless enabled Windows 7 laptop which connects to my home
>> network normally when the network cable is unplugged or via the cable
>> when it is plugged in from boot. If I plug the network cable once
>> connected to the wireless, to gain extra speed when copying files etc,
>> the laptop continues to use the wireless over the wired route.
>>
>> On my XP machines it would switch seamlessly to the fastest.
>>
>> Is this a new and undocumented feature of windows 7 or do I need to
>> change a setting to make it swap automatically?
>>
>> Thanks for your help
>>
>> Orc
>>
>>
> I have the same sort of problem with Vista on my notebook so it isn't a
> totally new problem. Have never found a fix except to fiddle around with
> it until it starts doing what I want -- no pattern that I can see.
I still believe that the internet is based on black magic and sacrifices of
goats to gods of packet switching so I suspect that this is one of those
issues where the sense of humor imp has taken over and it will never be
resolved or explained. Now where's that chicken.........
Orc
"John McGaw" <Nobody@Nowh.ere> wrote in message
news:JRYen.319779$H15.171537@en-nntp-02.dc1.easynews.com...
> On 2/15/2010 11:51 AM, Orc wrote:
>> I have a wireless enabled Windows 7 laptop which connects to my home
>> network normally when the network cable is unplugged or via the cable
>> when it is plugged in from boot. If I plug the network cable once
>> connected to the wireless, to gain extra speed when copying files etc,
>> the laptop continues to use the wireless over the wired route.
>>
>> On my XP machines it would switch seamlessly to the fastest.
>>
>> Is this a new and undocumented feature of windows 7 or do I need to
>> change a setting to make it swap automatically?
>>
>> Thanks for your help
>>
>> Orc
>>
>>
> I have the same sort of problem with Vista on my notebook so it isn't a
> totally new problem. Have never found a fix except to fiddle around with
> it until it starts doing what I want -- no pattern that I can see.