On Thu April 20 2006 7:15 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > Check ifconfig - they may be using the same interrupt At my office, we have both a T1 and a DSL line. My ethernet is on the T1, and the wireless is on the DSL. What appears to happen is that the ethernet gets connectivity first, and takes it's DNS settings from the DHCP server on our LAN. Then the wireless connects, but as far as I can tell, the DNS settings are not overwritten - so, the end result is that my wireless connection is trying to use the DNS service provided on our LAN - but, maybe I've got it all wrong - I'm just looking at GUI interfaces to the underlying stuff - I'll look at ifconfig -- Claude Jones Bluemont, VA, USA