LAN technical question

Hi guys,
I was wondering, if my laptop is connected at the same time with the University server, by wireless and by LAN (cable network connection), which one is really using? Is the LAN connection boost up by the extra bandwidth from wireless when I surf in internet?
When I'm connected by LAN, I usually disable the wireless, but may be I shouldn't?
Thanks for the answers,
Pablo.

 

right-click the taskbar, select >task manager>Networking!

your 2 connections will show in seperate panels & you should be able to tell which has traffic and which doesn't! the window updates in 1 second intervals, but the "View" drop-down allows you to change this and other options.

the fastest depends on the speed of your wired and wireless connection speeds - which you haven't published! but it's likely that wired will be faster for LAN connections. Internet speed will be limited by the Uni server WAN connection speed, not your machine.

you'll get no benefit from using both connections! wired offers better security & wireless offers better mobility.

which do you prefer?

 

Well I'm not really sure of the answer on this.
I'm going to go ahead and say that it's using the ethernet cable connection. Why do I say this?
Well right now at home I have DSL internet and I can plug it in using either wireless or ethernet cables. I'll have both plugged in and if I take out the ethernet cable my internet goes down (MSN will go offline and I get disconnected from the Internet) for a few seconds. Then it connects again from the wireless.
So I assume the cable connection becomes the main connection and the wireless one is ignored. When you lose the cable connection it takes a few seconds for the wireless one to take over.
I'm just assuming here.

 

I do "beleive" that wired LAN when plugged in takes over everything - (persay having LAN and then using Dial-up connect) - but it may be what you connected with first (I dont think so)
I would stick with the wired for connectivity, it will be faster, more stable, and like stated above more secure.
Also there is no boost - You can't use 2 connections to get faster speed.

 

attached is a pic of both my N(vidia)LAN & my W(ireless)LAN as seen in task manager! when I plugged into my router, the data transfer switched to wired without delay.

 

I see, thanks guys.

 

It'd be better to just use the wired one. Besides being more stable, safer, and faster (if you are transferring things within a LAN), it also produce less heat.