Saturday, July 11th, 2009 | Posted by admin

What happens when you plug into an ethernet cable into a laptop that’s already connected through Wifi?

If my laptop is connected to the internet through wifi, and I plug in the ethernet cable, which of these will happen:

A. The laptop will remain using Wifi as the connection
B. The laptop will change to using cable as the connection
C. The laptop will use both Wifi and cable, making the internet connection even stronger
D. The two connections will cause conflicts, making the internet connection slower
E. Other?

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4 Responses for “What happens when you plug into an ethernet cable into a laptop that’s already connected through Wifi?”

  1. luigino_0911 says:
    July 11, 2009 at 10:43 am

    The speed does not increase…..It doesn’t decrease either…..The only thing that happens is that the ethernet cable will be able to share the WiFi internet connection…..

  2. JUSTME says:
    July 11, 2009 at 10:43 am

    B.

  3. enatt62 says:
    July 11, 2009 at 10:43 am

    i agree it will be option b

  4. rman1201 says:
    July 11, 2009 at 10:43 am

    Depends on which connection is active. If youre already on the internet with WiFi it will just continue using that until you activate the ethernet.

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