How do I get both Wired and Wireless Icons in System tray?

[dobbsa]

I have Windows 7 SP1, 32bit on my laptop. I have both wired connection, and wireless connection. It may not make much sense to have both active, but at times I do.

When I have both wired and wireless connected, why do I not have both the wired and wireless icons in the sys tray?

Is there any way to "turn on" these icons? In the taskbar properties notification area, I have "always show all icons" checked.

Is there anything else I can do?

 

[pbcopter]

There is only one network icon in Windows 7.

 

[dobbsa]

So, W7 only displays either the wired network icon, or the wireless network icon, but not both even if both are connected?

If that is the case, how can I tell which one W7 is using?

 

[brady]

question: Since wired is a lot faster than wireless, why would you use 'both' or wireless at all?

 

[dobbsa]

Yes, I understand the point, and it is well taken.

I move my laptop around from place to place. I have automatic wireless connections set up, but some places I from time to time I can get a wired connection.

So, as you can see, on occasion, my laptop will automatically connect to a wireless network when I also have the opportunity to plug into a wired network.

W7 (at least my experience) will display the wireless icon, and not the wired icon when I am connected to both.

 

[brady]

Yes win 7 likes the wireless icon better. I would suggest simply removing the "auto connect" from the connection properties if you don't like that icon

 

[pmshah]

I too need this functionality. I have 2 ISPs. One is wired but slower 24 hr unlimited one. The other 4 times faster is wireless for unlimited use but only during 21:00 and 09:00 hours. I have both connections on during this latter period. I DO have my network setup to use both simultaneously. It would be nice to have both icons appearing in the system tray to display their status!