Is there any Adapter Switching Software out there???

Here's the story:

I want my users's Wireless cards to be disabled when the Network cable
is plugged into the on board NIC on our LAN (for security purposes).

They currently have Intel Pro/Wireless 2100 cards with the PROSet
software. It doesn't support "adapter switching", I've checked up on
this thoroughly.

Is there some 3rd party stuff that I can use for this?

On 12 May 2006 10:07:52 -0700, "(E-Mail Removed)"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I want my users's Wireless cards to be disabled when the Network cable
>is plugged into the on board NIC on our LAN (for security purposes).
>
>They currently have Intel Pro/Wireless 2100 cards with the PROSet
>software. It doesn't support "adapter switching", I've checked up on
>this thoroughly.
>
>Is there some 3rd party stuff that I can use for this?

Sorta. Netswitcher:
http://www.netswitcher.com
The problem is that it does not automatically switching between
wireless and wired when you insert or remove the ethernet jack+. It
requires that the user manually select the proper "location".

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Thanks for the reply. We really need something that will sense the
ethernet port and switch the Network interfaces automatically.

Jeff Liebermann wrote:
> On 12 May 2006 10:07:52 -0700, "(E-Mail Removed)"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >I want my users's Wireless cards to be disabled when the Network cable
> >is plugged into the on board NIC on our LAN (for security purposes).
> >
> >They currently have Intel Pro/Wireless 2100 cards with the PROSet
> >software. It doesn't support "adapter switching", I've checked up on
> >this thoroughly.
> >
> >Is there some 3rd party stuff that I can use for this?
>
> Sorta. Netswitcher:
> http://www.netswitcher.com
> The problem is that it does not automatically switching between
> wireless and wired when you insert or remove the ethernet jack+. It
> requires that the user manually select the proper "location".
>
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> # Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D Santa Cruz CA 95060
> # 831-336-2558 (E-Mail Removed)
> # http://802.11junk.com (E-Mail Removed)
> # http://www.LearnByDestroying.com AE6KS

Thanks for the reply. We really need something that will sense the
ethernet port and switch the Network interfaces automatically.

Jeff Liebermann wrote:
> On 12 May 2006 10:07:52 -0700, "(E-Mail Removed)"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >I want my users's Wireless cards to be disabled when the Network cable
> >is plugged into the on board NIC on our LAN (for security purposes).
> >
> >They currently have Intel Pro/Wireless 2100 cards with the PROSet
> >software. It doesn't support "adapter switching", I've checked up on
> >this thoroughly.
> >
> >Is there some 3rd party stuff that I can use for this?
>
> Sorta. Netswitcher:
> http://www.netswitcher.com
> The problem is that it does not automatically switching between
> wireless and wired when you insert or remove the ethernet jack+. It
> requires that the user manually select the proper "location".
>
> --
> # Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D Santa Cruz CA 95060
> # 831-336-2558 (E-Mail Removed)
> # http://802.11junk.com (E-Mail Removed)
> # http://www.LearnByDestroying.com AE6KS

(E-Mail Removed) <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I want my users's Wireless cards to be disabled when the Network cable
> is plugged into the on board NIC on our LAN (for security purposes).

Sounds reasonable to me.
The WiFi NIC is not able to connect to that range, so if you can ping the
wired gateway at its known address, you want to disable the WiFi, knowing
that you are plugged in.

If manually isn't good enough, what about a domain login script, or a
background scheduled process that checked every five minutes? Is five
minutes too long?

I disable and enable my WiFi manually, by clicking on desktop icons that
call a microsoft device control routine.

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In article <(E-Mail Removed) .com>, "(E-Mail Removed)" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Thanks for the reply. We really need something that will sense the
>ethernet port and switch the Network interfaces automatically.

Assuming Windows, I doubt such exists. If you find something like this
though, please post back here. I am certain you aren't the only one who
would find a program like that handy in the extreme.

>
>Jeff Liebermann wrote:
>> On 12 May 2006 10:07:52 -0700, "(E-Mail Removed)"
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>> >I want my users's Wireless cards to be disabled when the Network cable
>> >is plugged into the on board NIC on our LAN (for security purposes).
>> >
>> >They currently have Intel Pro/Wireless 2100 cards with the PROSet
>> >software. It doesn't support "adapter switching", I've checked up on
>> >this thoroughly.
>> >
>> >Is there some 3rd party stuff that I can use for this?
>>
>> Sorta. Netswitcher:
>> http://www.netswitcher.com
>> The problem is that it does not automatically switching between
>> wireless and wired when you insert or remove the ethernet jack+. It
>> requires that the user manually select the proper "location".
>>
>> --
>> # Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D Santa Cruz CA 95060
>> # 831-336-2558 (E-Mail Removed)
>> # http://802.11junk.com (E-Mail Removed)
>> # http://www.LearnByDestroying.com AE6KS
>

fundamentalism, fundamentally wrong.