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On a laptop, there are normally two ways to get on the internet, wireless and using an ethernet cable. If I am connected to the internet using wireless and I plug in an ethernet cable, the wireless is still the connection used.

Is there anyway to have Windows XP make the ethernet connection the primary connection when it is plugged in? Obviously I could just turn off my wireless card and stop the wireless connection but is there a way for the ethernet to override the wireless?

I tried to look up this question but could not find a solution. Any help that can be given would be great.

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yes, but i dont think its built into XP

my Lenovo (IBM) laptop has thier "access connections" software which does this.

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