Disabling WiFi access when USB wired Ethernet is connected
This can be done manually or using 3rd party applications, for example wirelessautoswitch has added support for the DisplayLink Ethernet connection in docks. This can be downloaded from wirelessautoswitch.
The steps to do this manually are listed below:
How to disable wireless when a DisplayLink Ethernet device is connected to a PC on Windows 10 or 8.1
- Run “View local services”
- Double click on the Wired AutoConfig service and change startup type to “Automatic” and start the service if it is not already running
- Run “Schedule tasks”
- On the “Actions” section on the right hand side select “Create Task”
- On the following dialog on the General tab add a suitable name such as ‘Connect_DisplayLink’ and select “Run with highest privileges”
- Select configure for: “Windows 8.1”
- On the Triggers tab select “New” then choose begin the task “On an event”
- Select log: “Microsoft-Windows-Wired-AutoConfig/Operational”
- Select source: “Wired-AutoConfig”
- Select event id: “15510”
- Choose “30 minutes” for the “Stop task if it runs longer than:” option
- Select “OK” then on the Actions tab select “New”
- Select action: “Start a program”
- Under program/script browse to
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
then select “Open” - Under add arguments paste in this command
/C netsh interface set interface name=”WiFi” admin=disabled
- Select “OK”
- On the Conditions tab uncheck the box that states “Start the task only if the computer is on AC power” and select “OK”
How to enable wireless when the DisplayLink Ethernet device is disconnected from the notebook on Windows 10 or 8.1
- Launch “Schedule tasks”
- On the “Actions” section on the right hand side select “Create Task”
- On the General tab add a suitable name such as ‘Disconnect_DisplayLink’ and select “Run with highest privileges”
- Select configure for: “Windows 8.1”
- On the Triggers tab select “New” then choose begin the task “On an event”
- Select log: “Microsoft-Windows-Wired-AutoConfig/Operational”
- Select source: “Wired-AutoConfig”
- Select event id: “15513”
- Choose “30 minutes” for the “Stop task if it runs longer than:” option
- Select “OK” then on the Actions tab select “New”
- Select action: “Start a program”
- Under program/script browse to
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
then select “Open” - Under add arguments paste in this command
/C netsh interface set interface name=”WiFi” admin=enabled
- Select “OK”
- On the Conditions tab uncheck the box that states “Start the task only if the computer is on AC power” and select “OK”
How to disable wireless when the DisplayLink Ethernet device is connected to the notebook on Windows 7
- Launch “Services”
- Double click on the Wired AutoConfig service and change startup type to “Automatic” and start the service if it is not already running
- Run “Task Scheduler”
- On the “Actions” section on the right hand side select “Create Task”
- On the following dialog on the General tab add a suitable name such as ‘Connect_DisplayLink’ and select “Run with highest privileges”
- Select configure for: “Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2”
- On the Triggers tab select “New” then choose begin the task “On an event”
- Select log: “Microsoft-Windows-Wired-AutoConfig/Operational”
- Select source: “Wired-AutoConfig”
- Select event id: “15510”
- Choose “30 minutes” for the “Stop task if it runs longer than:” option
- Select “OK” then on the Actions tab select “New”
- Select action: “Start a program”
- Under program/script browse to
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
then select “Open” - Under add arguments paste in this command
/C netsh interface set interface name=”Wireless Network Connection” admin=disabled
- Select “OK”
- On the Conditions tab uncheck the box that states “Start the task only if the computer is on AC power” and select “OK”
How to enable wireless when the DisplayLink Ethernet device is disconnected from the notebook on Windows 7
- Launch “Task scheduler”
- On the “Actions” section on the right hand side select “Create Task”
- On the General tab add a suitable name such as ‘Disconnect_DisplayLink’ and select “Run with highest privileges”
- Select configure for: “Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2”
- On the Triggers tab select “New” then choose begin the task “On an event”
- Select log: “Microsoft-Windows-Wired-AutoConfig/Operational”
- Select source: “Wired-AutoConfig”
- Select event id: “15513”
- Choose “30 minutes” for the “Stop task if it runs longer than:” option
- Select “OK” then on the Actions tab select “New”
- Select action: “Start a program”
- Under program/script browse to
C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe
then select “Open” - Under add arguments paste in this command
/C netsh interface set interface name=”Wireless Network Connection” admin=enabled
- Select “OK”
- On the Conditions tab uncheck the box that states “Start the task only if the computer is on AC power” and select “OK”