Alternating between wired and wireless networking

Hi all --

I posted a little while ago about constantly 'losing' access to my wireless
connection through my Linksys router -- that is to say, I often lose the
ability to access the Internet or my network through the wireless connection
(although I can ping sites and check e-mail through OutlookXP). I have my
desktop hard-wired to the router, and I use wireless access for my laptop.
Both computers are running Windows XP, and I'm using a WPC11 Linksys
Wireless adapter.

For transferring larger files to my laptop, however, I connect it directly
to the router through the laptop's Ethernet network card, and then go back
to using wireless access after that. Would this alternating between wired
and wireless access have any negative effects on the wireless access? I ask
because it seems like I experience the wireless access problems after
connecting the laptop directly to the router.

I've tried disabling the network adapter when using wireless, but it doesn't
seem to have any effect.

Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance,

Anthony

I have frequently seen a problem under Win 9X like you describe where users
with both wired and wireless NICS have connection problems going back to
wireless after wired. I have not seen this as a common problem with XP, but
perhaps the same solution I came up with for the 9X machines would work for
you. (At my client site they are connecting to a Linux server, not a
router, but if you're also using DHCP the principle is the same,)

The following batch file consistently works under 9X to fix the wireless
connection.. You could try the equivelent in a command prompt first, and
if it works make a similar one. It would need some minor
mods for XP which uses names rather than numbers for the adaptors (in the
example below 4 is the wired and 5 the wireless adaptor) and should use a
..cmd file.

I would appreciate it if you report the result.

:: ipreset/.bat
:: to reset when go from wired to wireless
@ECHO OFF

ipconfig /release 4
ipconfig /renew 5

CLS
ECHO ..........
ECHO Your network connection has been reset.
ECHO ..........
pause

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"Anthony" <lombarap@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:fDxRa.7301$104.691560@news20.bellglobal.com.. .

> Hi all --
>
> I posted a little while ago about constantly 'losing' access to my

wireless

> connection through my Linksys router -- that is to say, I often lose the
> ability to access the Internet or my network through the wireless

connection

> (although I can ping sites and check e-mail through OutlookXP). I have my
> desktop hard-wired to the router, and I use wireless access for my laptop.
> Both computers are running Windows XP, and I'm using a WPC11 Linksys
> Wireless adapter.
>
> For transferring larger files to my laptop, however, I connect it directly
> to the router through the laptop's Ethernet network card, and then go back
> to using wireless access after that. Would this alternating between wired
> and wireless access have any negative effects on the wireless access? I

ask

> because it seems like I experience the wireless access problems after
> connecting the laptop directly to the router.
>
> I've tried disabling the network adapter when using wireless, but it

doesn't

> seem to have any effect.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Anthony
>
>

Hi there --

Thanks for your suggestion. I'm a relative newcomer to networking, and your
suggestions gave me a good lesson in learning about IP addresses and the
wonders of 'ipconfig.'

I have solved the problem, and your solution was indirectly the reason! In
short, I have manually set IP addresses for both the wired and wireless
connections, and this seems to have corrected the problem. Since doing so,
I have not encountered any loss of Internet access over the wireless
connection.

Thanks again,

Anthony

"GTS" <x> wrote in message news:eO41QjHTDHA.2148@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

> I have frequently seen a problem under Win 9X like you describe where

users

> with both wired and wireless NICS have connection problems going back to
> wireless after wired. I have not seen this as a common problem with XP,

but

> perhaps the same solution I came up with for the 9X machines would work

for

> you. (At my client site they are connecting to a Linux server, not a
> router, but if you're also using DHCP the principle is the same,)
>
> The following batch file consistently works under 9X to fix the wireless
> connection.. You could try the equivelent in a command prompt first,

and

> if it works make a similar one. It would need some minor
> mods for XP which uses names rather than numbers for the adaptors (in the
> example below 4 is the wired and 5 the wireless adaptor) and should use a
> .cmd file.
>
> I would appreciate it if you report the result.
>
> :: ipreset/.bat
> :: to reset when go from wired to wireless
> @ECHO OFF
>
> ipconfig /release 4
> ipconfig /renew 5
>
> CLS
> ECHO ..........
> ECHO Your network connection has been reset.
> ECHO ..........
> pause
>
> --
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> GTS Computer Service
> serving northern New Jersey
> www.gtscomputerservice.com
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> "Anthony" <lombarap@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
> news:fDxRa.7301$104.691560@news20.bellglobal.com.. .

> wireless

> connection

my

laptop.

directly

back

wired

> ask

> doesn't

>
>
>

Your welcome. Thanks for posting your findings.

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GTS Computer Service
serving northern New Jersey
www.gtscomputerservice.com
------------------------------------------------------------


"Anthony" <lombarap@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:B3pSa.10670$104.1094930@news20.bellglobal.com ...

> Hi there --
>
> Thanks for your suggestion. I'm a relative newcomer to networking, and

your

> suggestions gave me a good lesson in learning about IP addresses and the
> wonders of 'ipconfig.'
>
> I have solved the problem, and your solution was indirectly the reason!

In

> short, I have manually set IP addresses for both the wired and wireless
> connections, and this seems to have corrected the problem. Since doing

so,

> I have not encountered any loss of Internet access over the wireless
> connection.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Anthony
>
> "GTS" <x> wrote in message news:eO41QjHTDHA.2148@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

> users

> but

> for

> and

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