2 NICs on 1 XP Pro PC?

On my laptop I have a built in ethernet port for wired internet, also an add on Linksys Wireless-G notebook adapter.When the PC is docked at my desk I would like to use the wired connection. When I roam with it then of course I want it to fall over to the wireless. Is there a way of doing this? Right now I enable\disable the devices as needed. Sure would be nice to have XP know and do it itself.

 

try nicswitch

 

Thank You WSFuser. Knew I had come to the right place. Just D\l`d it and going to give it a try.

 

Up and running. Installs 2 process`s. NICServ.exe = 4,220 K and Nicswitch.exe = 2,252 K. In the Read Me file it dose stat it is a beta that is supposed to expire September of 06. Dose not seem to really disable either NIC as much as monitor them. When I un-dock the laptop I get the usual Network cable is unplugged warning. Then I attempt to connect to the internet the wireless is automatically used. When I dock the laptop all traffic is auto-routed to the wired NIC. All in all a sweet little app. Time will tell.....Many thanks for pointing this one out.

 

Another way would be to create two hardware profiles, one for docked and one for roaming.
You select the profile at boot time. No additional software needed.

 

You Sir, are a mind reader. Was just looking for an alternative to NicSwitch. It seems to still have some kinks that need to be worked out. In fairness to the Author, he dose state it is in beta. Guess it is time for me to have a look into hardware profiles. One of those things I knew existed but never had need of. Thanks for the option. Had also read a (very) short article about using NetBeui instead of TCP on one nic.......not to sure of the method\procedure or security ramifications of this one.

 

I'm glad to answer the question that you didn't know you would have.

 

Funny how that works around here sometimes. Many thanks. Off to do a bit of research.

Worked like a charm. Thanks again.