From Leo's mailbag:
> From: A Computer User
> Sent: July 17, 2005
> To: Ask Leo!
> Subject: RE: Ask Leo Question
>
> Leo,
> I have a laptop with Win2k Pro installed and totally patched
> re critical updates and AV software and firewall. At home I
> have a 56k dial-up connection which I use very often. Today,
> for the first time ever, I installed a Sandisk combo 128mb
> Compact Flash card and Wi-Fi card - 802.11b grade. I went to
> a local free Cybercafe and ran thruough the process of
> setting up the Wi-Fi and connecting.
>
> All went well. I had a quality wireless connection going
> according to the info provided by Sandisk (blue lines in the
> icon in the system tray.)
>
> The last instruction from Sandisk was open IE and start to
> browse. Well, every time I opened IE, it wanted to connect
> via the 56k dial-up connection.
>
> The only way I could get the Wi-Fi to work was to delete the
> 56k connection from the settings area on the laptop. As soon
> as I deleted that connection, the Wi-Fi worked very well. So
> the basic question is: Is there an inherent conflict here?
> Can I not have a 56k DUP conn. co-existing with Wi-Fi
> capablility. I have searched Google for info re this problem
> with no meaningful results. Am I an idiot or something? Any
> help will be appreciated and thanks for all the great info
> you provide.
In internet explorer, have a look at Tools -> Internet Options
-> Connections and you'll see an option that allows you to
control when IE is to dial, and if so, which dialup connection
to use. Personally I set it to never dial a connection, and
do it all manually, but it has the flexibility I think you're
looking for.
Thanks for asking!
Leo
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