Re: Risks of File Transfer on a Fully Switched Network

[Cal Frye <cjf () CALFRYE COM>]

I've observed that on my own system, a TabletPC from Motion Computing running
the Tablet version of Windows XP, that the wireless connection is preferred. If
I have both connections active, the (faster!) wired connection loafs while most
traffic goes wireless. I haven't found a place to change this behaviour, but I
haven't looked too deeply, either. But it bears strongly on this discussion, I
think.

--Cal Frye, Network Administrator, Oberlin College
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were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!'"  --
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jack suess wrote:
> My own sense is that as wireless becomes more and more widespread on
> campus the idea of saying you would allow ftp on an intranet  "wired"
> connection but not allow ftp on wireless or extranet connection becomes
> a helpdesk nightmare. My application worked but then it didn't.