IP Routing Question?

[pkirill]

This may be a dumb question, but here is the situation:

I have a 54Mbs wireless network and a 100Mbs wired network in the same office. I have laptops with wireless cards and docking stations. When the laptops are docked, the wireless connection is still available.

Here's the question:
What determines the route data takes across the network? Is the data going across the wire (via docking station) or through the air (via wireless card) or both? How can I identify the route?

Anyone, anyone?

 

[n00blar]

You could use ROUTE PRINT to find out what your default gateway is. This should show you what interface the laptop uses to send traffic through.

 

[Dogers]

easier still, if the laptops have link and activity lights on the network socket, see if they blink when doing something over the network