E6x00 software to manage LAN/Wireless?

We used to use quickset with D620/D630's, but the quickset for the E6410 seems majorly bloated.

Is there another, lightweigt, software that you can use to turn off/disable the wireless when you plug in the LAN?

 

Something smaller, and more lightweight then Dell ControlPoint Connection Manager would be awesome.

 

I think it's possible to do a custom install of Control Point such that you only install the features you want. Either way, it's not really anymore bloated than the old QuickSet, especially if you installed *all* of QuickSet's features.

 

but how, they don't have it for 6410?

 

Did you check the BIOS for a LAN/WLAN switching option?

Does the WLAN device have a property 'disable upon wired connect' on an advanced driver tab?

Another solution: http://www.wirelessautoswitch.com.

Could try Task Scheduler triggering on a hardware event source and id. When the LAN cable is connected (E100B and 18 for my NIC), run the DevCon command-line utility to disable the WLAN device. May require more tasks to manage the whole user experience. And may not result in the immediate release of already-issued WLAN IP addresses.

GK