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Wired & Wireless - together?
Name: Pugwash (by John Gregory) Date: November 11, 2006 at 23:53:39 Pacific OS: XP Home CPU/Ram: P4 2.5GHz / 512MB
Comment:
I have a wired LAN in my home, works well, using a Belkin wireless/wired router.
The other day I noticed that my Laptop, when connected (wired) and in use also had its wireless connection switched on.
Now, this did not seem to cause any sort of problem but I was wondering if it had any beneficial effect?
John
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Name: StuartS Date: November 12, 2006 at 09:42:36 Pacific
Reply:
None at all. The computer will only ever use one of the network connections and ignore the other. It will use the first one it finds which will generally be the wired one.
If you are not using the wireless disable it in the router. Unless it has been set of and configured correctly it could be a target for hackers to get into you computer.
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