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JohnW_1

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How to Disable WiFi for Portege R830 + Port Replicator& External Keyboard
Posted: 20-Jan-2012 17:38

Dumb questions I'm sure, but this is driving me nuts.

I have a Port Replicator with external keyboard and monitor attached. The Port replicator has an wired Ethernet connection to my LAN. When I dock my R830 into the Port Replicator I'd ideally like it to turn off the wireless adapter, but as a minimum I definitely want it to default to using the wired LAN connection not WiFi.

Currently it just seems to randomly decide to either use the wired or wireless connection when I dock.

So ... two part question:

1. How can I set the R830 to automatically default to a wired Ethernet connection when I dock?
2. How can I disable the wireless connection when I'm docked and using an external keyboard (the F8 toggle to turn wireless on/off on the laptop keyboard doesn't work on external keyboards)

Many thanks in advance for your advice.

Tonny

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Registered: 21/09/09

Re: How to Disable WiFi for Portege R830 + Port Replicator& External Keyboard
Posted: 25-Jan-2012 09:12

in response to: JohnW_1

How can I set the R830 to automatically default to a wired Ethernet connection when I dock?

If the port replicator is connected to the LAN then the notebook would use the LAN connection automatically if you connect the R830.

How can I disable the wireless connection when I'm docked and using an external keyboard (the F8 toggle to turn wireless on/off on the laptop keyboard doesn't work on external keyboards)

Well, in such case you can use the internal keyboard to switch off the Wlan using Fn + F8

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