Switching Primary Cards; Windows 2000 And Xp - Sierra Wireless AirCard 710 User Manual

AirCard 710/750 Network Card User Guide
Note: Switching between cards
while using a network application
is NOT recommended. For
example, if you use the Network
Adapter Manager to switch from
using your LAN card to the
AirCard while an e-mail appli-
cation is running, the e-mail
application may behave unpre-
dictably. The recommendation is
to close network applications,
switch cards, and launch the
applications again.
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Switching Primary Cards

If you initiate a packet mode connection with the AirCard 710/
750 while a LAN card is primary, the Network Adapter
Manager automatically makes the AirCard the primary card.
That is, making a GPRS connection while a LAN card is in use
has the effect of rerouting data traffic from the LAN card to the
AirCard 710/750.
The Network Adapter Manager also has a menu through
which you can switch primary cards. To switch cards:
1.
Right click the Network Adapter Manager icon in the
status area to display the shortcut menu.
2.
Select the card you want to use as the primary card from
the menu.
Or
Show Options
Select
appears, use the radio buttons to select the card you want
to use as the primary card and click

Windows 2000 and XP

Windows 2000 and XP have more advanced device handling
capabilities than Windows 98 and Me. If more than one
network card is detected, Windows 2000/XP automatically
routes network traffic through the card that provides the
highest transmission speed.
from the menu. In the window that
OK
.
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