E3000 routers wireless connections drop when gigabit hardwire is used

I have a very strange but repeatable problem with my E3000 wireless router. I have multiple devices connected wirelessly such as and iPhone and 3 laptops. I also have a couple of devices (dvd player and satellite receiver) connected hard wire. The problem occurs when I connect my laptop hardwire and uses gigabit speed. All wireless connection stop working. When I look in the router at the list of users it show all the wireless devices as being connected via the LAN and not wireless anymore. When I unplug the gigabit hardwired connection and reboot the router all the wireless devices go back to normal and function correctly. I am also using MAC security for the wireless devices so when I plug in the laptop hardwire it changes from wireless to LAN in the user client table. Unfortunately all the other wireless devices do also.

You have 3 wireless laptops. The wireless connection stops working when you connect the laptop to the Ethernet port on the router.
Does this happen when you connect any laptop to the router or only with the specific laptop?
Disable the wireless network connection on your laptop and then connect the laptop to the router with the Ethernet cable.
See if that works.

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