Devcon Utility
Enabling or disabling wireless networking or any connection can be done using a batch file and the devcon utility in Windows XP.
Batch Files and Command Line
Below is a summary of the posts that provide information on how to enable/disable wireless networking using batch files.

Enable/Disable Wireless Cards Using Command Line
Disabling Wireless Connection On Startup/Shutdown Using [...]

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One way to disable a wireless card during startup is to combine the command line method described in a previous post with a batch file that is run during bootup/startup.
Disable Wireless Card Using Command Line
How to enable/disable a wireless card using the command line.
After you have the correct commands working with your setup continue to [...]

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Why Command Line?
Using the graphical user interface to enable or disable a wireless card is easy but usually requires multiple clicks of the mouse.  Having a command line method to enable/disable a wireless card or any network interface is faster and more powerful. Also, a command line method is easy to use in scripts.
DevCon Utility
To do [...]

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Disabling your wireless connection when connected to a wired connection is an easy way to eliminate the risk of an open connection and also preserves battery power.
Disable Wireless In Windows Vista
For Windows Vista, to temporarily disable your wireless connection, you can try one of these methods:

Most newer laptops have a physical switch to turn your wireless off [...]

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Windows Vista WLAN Autoconfig
Unlike Windows XP, Windows Vista does not have the wireless zero configuration  (WZC) service, instead the service used to detect available wireless network and manage wireless network profiles is called WLAN Autoconfig.
If you do not enable this feature, you need to use the other wireless utility which is provided by wireless adapter [...]

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To copy your PuTTY sessions from a Windows XP to a Windows Vista use below.
To export saved sessions to a file run below in the Windows XP run box (Start -> Run and then type copy/paste entire line below into box and hit return)
regedit /e putty.reg “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY\Sessions”
File will be saved in the home directory for [...]

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Another WiFi antenna DIY project. This one has cool stop motion animation and background audio that reminds me of silent era movies.

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Check out the video below on how to make a low cost parabolic reflector antenna for boosting your WiFi signal..

Download the intructions and template from www.freeantennas.com

I haven’t tried this but it seems like it should work, unlike this post on How NOT To Increase Your Wi-Fi Signal.

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Wireless Auto Configuration, available in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, dynamically selects the wireless network to which to attempt connection, based either on your preferences or on default settings. This includes automatically selecting and connecting to a more preferred wireless network when it becomes available. If none of the preferred wireless networks are found [...]

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If you have ever struggled to get a wireless card working with Linux then the Wireless Adapter Chipset Directory compiled by HJ Heins is a good site to bookmark.
The site maintainer’s own words below.
This is an attempt to create a, more or less complete listing of wireless devices with information about the chipset they are [...]

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