[CS-FSLUG] Winbooks: Wifi vs Ethernet

[davidm at hisfeet.net]

Sounds like human nature - one of those quirky things that tyrants do when
they get too much control.

> On Fri, 10 Jun 2011, Cia Watson wrote:
>
>>> Back in the days of XP dominance, this was not an issue. XP laptops
>>> are like Linux, in that whatever network is available is the one it
>>> will use. Vista and Win7 laptops resolutely refuse to recognize
>>> ethernet. It's not even an option in the networking dialogs. I've dug
>>> through the various config dialogs and have yet to identify why this
>>> is.
>>
>> The only experience I've had with Win7 is when I've remotely installed
>> some software for a customer. Since this software had to get to the
>> internet we'd usually have to create an exception on the firewall. So
>> the first thing I thought of in relation to your query was possibly it
>> had something to do with firewall settings? Or drivers. ?
>
> That's what I would have thought. The drivers are installed and working;
> the ethernet port shows up in the hardware manager. The firewall never
> seems to have anything other than the defaults, but in every case, all
> the laptops act as if there is no ethernet port. People without a clue
> using their new laptops out of the box can easily get the wifi to work,
> but none of them have ever gotten ethernet to work, nor have I.
>
> To be honest, I'm not well versed in the Windows firewall, but I've not
> seen anything which indicates to me it applies to this problem.
>
> I am even offered a chance to set up a login based LAN connect (such as
> PPOE, DSL, etc), but not one for DHCP. It's as if some system default
> sets a priority by which standard ethernet LAN is ignored if any wifi is
> present. I've always had to use my laptop to configure routers because
> it willingly grabs any network connection I give it. Something changed
> with the defaults when Vista was released, because this never happened
> under XP. They've apparently kept this with Win7.
>
> Ed Hurst
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