When I place my X220 on a dock that has ethernet connected, it does not switch to wired connection, instead it stays on wireless.
Is there anyway to enable this auto switching functionality? The wifi at the office is open, I don't want to keep connected to that (public) instead when I dock I want to go through our local Ethernet without having to switch antenna on and off.
How to automatically switch to wired connection on dock
How to automatically switch to wired connection on dock
8/18/2011 - X220, Intel i5-2540M, 12.5" IPS, FingerPrint, Cam, BT, Intel 6205 Wifi, 8GB, U2312HM Mini Dock Plus 3
1/15/2012 - S405 (Wife's), AMD A6-4455M, 14", 4GB RAM, Windows 8
7/02/2015 - T450s Intel i5-5300U, 14" FHD IPS, FingerPrint, Cam, BT, SSD + M.2, Intel 7265, 12GB
1/15/2012 - S405 (Wife's), AMD A6-4455M, 14", 4GB RAM, Windows 8
7/02/2015 - T450s Intel i5-5300U, 14" FHD IPS, FingerPrint, Cam, BT, SSD + M.2, Intel 7265, 12GB
Re: How to automatically switch to wired connection on dock
I was able to achieve this by using Access Connections and setting the office as new location. I don't know how it recognizes the new location, but I assume it uses wifi to determine the location first, then switch settings. Now it is successfully connected to LAN.
8/18/2011 - X220, Intel i5-2540M, 12.5" IPS, FingerPrint, Cam, BT, Intel 6205 Wifi, 8GB, U2312HM Mini Dock Plus 3
1/15/2012 - S405 (Wife's), AMD A6-4455M, 14", 4GB RAM, Windows 8
7/02/2015 - T450s Intel i5-5300U, 14" FHD IPS, FingerPrint, Cam, BT, SSD + M.2, Intel 7265, 12GB
1/15/2012 - S405 (Wife's), AMD A6-4455M, 14", 4GB RAM, Windows 8
7/02/2015 - T450s Intel i5-5300U, 14" FHD IPS, FingerPrint, Cam, BT, SSD + M.2, Intel 7265, 12GB
Re: How to automatically switch to wired connection on dock
I don't use Access Connections, but I had the same issue. I'm pretty sure I fixed it just by going into Windows 7 connection manager thing, seeing it was connected to both ethernet and wifi, and disabling the wifi connection. Somehow Windows remembered that as its only connected to ethernet when docked since.
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Re: How to automatically switch to wired connection on dock
In my case, windows was not remembering it, what happened was it never enabled (or started using) wired connection, even though it was enabled. I think windows uses wired connection as priority, but for some reason it wasn't routing data via wired through dock.
Access Connections is a bit flaky, it hangs when you want to modify settings and save them, but once saved, it runs seamlessly.
Access Connections is a bit flaky, it hangs when you want to modify settings and save them, but once saved, it runs seamlessly.
8/18/2011 - X220, Intel i5-2540M, 12.5" IPS, FingerPrint, Cam, BT, Intel 6205 Wifi, 8GB, U2312HM Mini Dock Plus 3
1/15/2012 - S405 (Wife's), AMD A6-4455M, 14", 4GB RAM, Windows 8
7/02/2015 - T450s Intel i5-5300U, 14" FHD IPS, FingerPrint, Cam, BT, SSD + M.2, Intel 7265, 12GB
1/15/2012 - S405 (Wife's), AMD A6-4455M, 14", 4GB RAM, Windows 8
7/02/2015 - T450s Intel i5-5300U, 14" FHD IPS, FingerPrint, Cam, BT, SSD + M.2, Intel 7265, 12GB
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