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Luke – 1 hour ago »
Most laptops either have a hotkey combination or a physical switch to disable and re-enable WiFi.
I also found the other day that some (but not all) wireless adapters have an optional driver setting to disable WiFi when a cable is connected to the ethernet port.
Martin Liddle – 2 hours ago »
Luke – 1 hour ago »
Most laptops either have a hotkey combination or a physical switch to disable and re-enable WiFi.
I also found the other day that some (but not all) wireless adapters have an optional driver setting to disable WiFi when a cable is connected to the ethernet port.
I just thought that using the hotkey or switch would be without risk of knobling the laptop compared to adjusting any of the settings.
Luke – 1 hour ago »
I just thought that using the hotkey or switch would be without risk of knobling the laptop compared to adjusting any of the settings.
I agree; it was just a driver setting I stumbled across last week that does exactly what I happen to want and I didn’t know existed before; probably off topic for this thread.
On both my laptops (Windows 10) left clicking on the WiFi icon bottom right brings up a list of Wifi SSID’s in range. Left clicking on the connected one has a disconnect option. Repeating offers re-connect option.
Luke – 23 hours ago »
steveb60 – 1 day ago »
By the way, I have tested the setup by connecting my laptop using the WR802N and it works perfectly, internet access as usual.
steveb60 – 18 hours ago »
There is a facility on the WR802N to check wireless connections and my laptop shows up there.
When you tested the client mode setup with your laptop did you disable the WiFi on your laptop? This would show that the laptop’s internet connection was coming via the Ethernet cable.
I.e. The issue may be because the client mode setup is not working yet.
Most laptops either have a hotkey combination or a physical switch to disable and re-enable WiFi.
Hi Luke
Yes, I disabled WiFi on my laptop and was able to connect to the internet via the LAN cable.
I’m running Windows 10 so I just switched WiFi off in settings.
Thanks
Steve.
Martin Liddle – 23 hours ago »
steveb60 – 1 hour ago »
I have tried both DHCP and fixed IP address and the result is the same.
My question was whether the laptop is obtaining its address via DHCP and I am not sure if that is the question you are answering?
Sorry Martin, probably reaching the perimeter of my computer knowledge now. Knowledge, rather than ability… I’m not sure how to tell if the laptop is obtaining its address via DHCP… Can you tell me how to find this?
Thanks
Steve.
steveb60 – 53 minutes ago »
Martin Liddle – 23 hours ago »
My question was whether the laptop is obtaining its address via DHCP and I am not sure if that is the question you are answering?
Sorry Martin, probably reaching the perimeter of my computer knowledge now. Knowledge, rather than ability… I’m not sure how to tell if the laptop is obtaining its address via DHCP… Can you tell me how to find this?
Based on what you say it probably is. If you really want to check (and are using Windows) go to control panel>network and Sharing Centre>Change Adapter settings and select the ethernet port>Properties>Internet Protocol Version 4>Properties it should be set to Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server automatically
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