Laptop with dual Network cards (wired and wireless)

I am running WIN98SE on a laptop with built-in Ethernet
adapter and have now added a wireless adapter (PCMCIA
card).

If one of the connections (wired or wireless) is NOT
present, I would expect WIN98 or IE (Version
6.0.2800.1106) to automatically switch to the available
network adapter. However, this does not happen
automatically. I first have to disable the built-in
adapter (the "wired" one) in the hardware profile, then IE
accepts the wireless adapter and everything works fine.

Is there a "patch" to set up a sequence, for
example "always look for the wireless connection first,
but if none can be found, use the built-in (wired)
adapter"?

Thanks for your input.
Henry

Windows 98 does not support dynamic network configuration and connection
switching. Sorry.

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"Henry Wolf" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:2d5c01c395e0$da961e30$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I am running WIN98SE on a laptop with built-in Ethernet
> adapter and have now added a wireless adapter (PCMCIA
> card).
>
> If one of the connections (wired or wireless) is NOT
> present, I would expect WIN98 or IE (Version
> 6.0.2800.1106) to automatically switch to the available
> network adapter. However, this does not happen
> automatically. I first have to disable the built-in
> adapter (the "wired" one) in the hardware profile, then IE
> accepts the wireless adapter and everything works fine.
>
> Is there a "patch" to set up a sequence, for
> example "always look for the wireless connection first,
> but if none can be found, use the built-in (wired)
> adapter"?
>
> Thanks for your input.
> Henry
>