comp.os.linux.networking

PeeGee wrote:
>>
>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb878031.aspx
>
> Interesting, but does not match my experience with at least 15
> laptops. XP Pro SP2 seems to get confused with two connections, with
> network traffic slowing to a crawl. Disable either connection and the
> remaining connection returns to "normal" speeds. In the end, all
> laptops were set to manual for wireless.
>
Since XP SP2 I haven't had any problems. The automatic setting for
"Routing Metric" has always given priority to the Ethernet connection. I
have just checked my dual boot laptops at home and with fully updated XP
SP2 they both give a "routing metric" of 20 for ethernet and 25 for
wireless and traffic goes via ethernet, routing metric is set to
automatic. If I change the wireless metric to 15 all traffic goes via
wireless and it only gets confusing if you set both to the same metric
and have the "automatic" setting on both cards disabled.
The metric setting can be manually configured in the TCP/IP advanced
settings.