odd internet icon problem

Hi all,
I hope I can explain this properly.
I have a HP g61 laptop 2 years old Win7. Up until now no problems that I
have not been able to solve.

Problem...When only connected by wireless the strength meter is not
showing on the taskbar it is not hidden either. In it's place is the
ethernet icon!.

When I connected by both ethernet cable and with wirless enabled it
showed only one icon. In the network sharing centre it showed both
connections.
I cannot remember when it actually began ...I just happened to notice it.
I have disabled and re-enabled both in device manager but still the same
thing.
Can anyone shed any light on the matter.
Cheers Peter

On 25/12/2011 23:25, grylion wrote:
> Hi all,
> I hope I can explain this properly.
> I have a HP g61 laptop 2 years old Win7. Up until now no problems that I
> have not been able to solve.
>
> Problem...When only connected by wireless the strength meter is not
> showing on the taskbar it is not hidden either. In it's place is the
> ethernet icon!.
>
> When I connected by both ethernet cable and with wirless enabled it
> showed only one icon. In the network sharing centre it showed both
> connections.
> I cannot remember when it actually began ...I just happened to notice it.
> I have disabled and re-enabled both in device manager but still the same
> thing.
> Can anyone shed any light on the matter.
> Cheers Peter

Just an update to this.
When booting up and the system is searching for an internet connection
there is a small circle turning. At that time the wireless/signal
strength meter is on view. When a connection is made the ethernet icon
shows up.

cheers Peter

On 25/12/2011 23:25, grylion wrote:
> Hi all,
> I hope I can explain this properly.
> I have a HP g61 laptop 2 years old Win7. Up until now no problems that I
> have not been able to solve.
>
> Problem...When only connected by wireless the strength meter is not
> showing on the taskbar it is not hidden either. In it's place is the
> ethernet icon!.
>
> When I connected by both ethernet cable and with wirless enabled it
> showed only one icon. In the network sharing centre it showed both
> connections.
> I cannot remember when it actually began ...I just happened to notice it.
> I have disabled and re-enabled both in device manager but still the same
> thing.
> Can anyone shed any light on the matter.
> Cheers Peter


Ok I have done a search on the internet and it seems that others have
had the same problem,
Some have been successful others like myself have not.
I will keep trying.cheers Peter

On 26/12/2011 01:56, grylion wrote:
> On 25/12/2011 23:25, grylion wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> I hope I can explain this properly.
>> I have a HP g61 laptop 2 years old Win7. Up until now no problems that I
>> have not been able to solve.
>>
>> Problem...When only connected by wireless the strength meter is not
>> showing on the taskbar it is not hidden either. In it's place is the
>> ethernet icon!.
>>
>> When I connected by both ethernet cable and with wirless enabled it
>> showed only one icon. In the network sharing centre it showed both
>> connections.
>> I cannot remember when it actually began ...I just happened to notice it.
>> I have disabled and re-enabled both in device manager but still the same
>> thing.
>> Can anyone shed any light on the matter.
>> Cheers Peter
>
>
> Ok I have done a search on the internet and it seems that others have
> had the same problem,
> Some have been successful others like myself have not.
> I will keep trying.cheers Peter

I uninstalled all network adapters showing in device manager. Rebooted
and the fault had gone.

hope this might help some one
cheers Peter

On Sun, 25 Dec 2011 23:25:48 +0000, grylion <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>When I connected by both ethernet cable and with wirless enabled it
>showed only one icon. In the network sharing centre it showed both
>connections.
>I cannot remember when it actually began ...I just happened to notice it.
>I have disabled and re-enabled both in device manager but still the same
>thing.
>Can anyone shed any light on the matter.

Generally speaking with windows a wired connection will take
precedence (lower metric) than a wireless connection. However, it's
not a good idea to have two separate interfaces active on the same
subnet at the same time and it's likely to cause confusion as you've
found out. I would disable the interface you're not specifically using
at the time.



Jim