Quoting this again to show how to see the wireless list when plugged into wired. While it is true that you can't access the wireless list from the icon, you can get it to pop up from here. Click on Connect to Network, the wireless list should then appear. I did my test, being connected to LAN, I have full access to the LAN computers. I connected to a wireless network. IPCONFIG shows that I have 2 default gateways, one for each connection. BUT the DNS Server is now the one provided by the wireless router. You can see your default DNS Server the PC is actually using by running NSLOOKUP. Here are the 2 connections: LAN - connected to a network with a domain controller (DC), but this network has no internet access. WLAN - connected to wireless router with internet access I cannot access the internet. Name resolution works (can resolve google.com) but cannot ping domain names or IPs. I cannot ping the DC using the FQDN (the wireless router can't resolve the name), but I can ping its actual IP. BONUS: I CAN access a network share using the DC's computer name: \\server\ That's all I got.