Disabling wirless antenna when connected to wire

ckgilliam · ‎07-29-2009

I`m looking for the best way to have laptop users antenna`s disable when connected to ethernet and re-enable when disconnecting from ethernet. I know access connections will do this but we also have Dell and HP laptops and were looking for a way to work with all the laptops.

dancampb · ‎07-29-2009

That is a function of the supplicant. Some supplicants such as CSSC offer this feature, others don't.

Leo Laohoo · ‎07-29-2009

There's a setting in the BIOS called "LAN Networking" and default, it's disabled.

This will allow only one interface to remain active while the other goes down.

Hope this helps.

George Stefanick · ‎07-30-2009

Ckgilliam,

There are a number of client, including Intel which is widely adopted..

Here is a link i contributed to a number of months ago... I also included screen prints...

If you find this helpful please rate the post. (Trying to catch up to Leo the great!)

http://forums.cisco.com/eforum/servlet/NetProf?page=netprof&CommCmd=MB%3Fcmd%3Dpass_through%26location%3Doutline%40^1%40.2cd28a97/5#selected_message

you will need to grab the entire link ...

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ckgilliam · ‎07-30-2009

Thanks for the info. We do use Intel Proset on the few HP`s we have but the IBM and Dell laptops we have have different adapters.

George Stefanick · ‎07-30-2009

You can purchase the cisco or funk wireless supplicant to control this NIC function.

"Satisfaction does not come from knowing the solution, it comes from knowing why." - Rosalind Franklin
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