Win 8 networking

I see that my new Win 8 laptop switches off the wireless connection as soon as I plug in my Ethernet cable. Is this deliberate and what's the advantage? I seem to remember reading somewhere that it's not a good idea to have both enabled at the same time but I can't remember what the reason was.

Windows 7 definitely has problems working out which is the better network - wired or wireless. By disabling one it makes sure the "correct" route is taken (although with 802.11n running at full pelt it could potentially be better than 100Mb/s wired).

They probably chose to bypass this issue by just making sure in Win 8 that only 1 network was active.

And if you look from a corporate perspective there can be security issues to having 2 networks connected simultaneously and there are software companies that make money out of disabling networks for you.

In reply to a post by ian72:

(although with 802.11n running at full pelt it could potentially be better than 100Mb/s wired).

Ha! We wish!
(and before someone chips in yes I am aware that you might be able to obtain over 100Mbps, but the stability still doesn't compare)

Edited by Pipexer (Mon 04-Nov-13 17:30:59)

I did say "potentially" - on paper it can but in reality wireless is a fickle thing.