Automatically Disable Wireless

[kdibricida]

Does anyone know of a way we can disable the wireless card in our laptops when a user is connected to our office network and to enable it when the user is not connected? And do it without any user interaction

 

[Auger282]

I suppose you could make some kind of hardcore group policy with registry settings.. but it would be easier to just make hardware profiles.

There is user interaction though.. they have to pick what hardware profile they want to use when they startup the laptop.

 

[bcastner]

At this time, computers running Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 do not have the capability to automatically disable the wireless network adapter when the Ethernet adapter is plugged into a network and to automatically enable the wireless network adapter when the Ethernet adapter is unplugged. If you do not want simultaneous connections to both wired and wireless networks, you must manually enable and disable the connection to the wireless network, the procedure for which varies with different releases of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.

You can use a new feature in Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 to connect to your wireless network manually, rather than automatically.

To manually disconnect from your wireless network, right-click your wireless adapter icon in the notification area, and then click View Available Wireless Networks. From the Choose a wireless network dialog box, double-click your currently connected network. You will be prompted with a message asking whether you want to disconnect from the wireless network. When you select Yes, you will be disconnected. The status of the wireless network in the Choose a wireless network dialog box changes from Connected to Manual, indicating that you must manually specify when you want to connect. To manually reconnect to the wireless network, double-click the name in the Choose a wireless network dialog box. You can also configure the wireless network for an on-demand connection by clearing the Connect when this network is within range check box on the Connection tab for the properties of the wireless network.

The Microsoft "Cable Guy": Behavior When Connected to Both Wireless and Wired Networks

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/cableguy/cg0405.mspx

 

[linney]

Does this help?

Using regular LAN + Wireless
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