Configuring system to use ethernet or Wifi

[bbwannabe]

I generally use the wifi to browse, but I find transferring files between computers is often slow - best case would be the 54mbps stated by the wifi system tray icon drops to 48mbps, worse case - it can drop down to 1-5mbps and sometimes it cuts off at some point during transfer. For this reason i like using a crossover cable and trasferring files through ethernet. But to avoid my wireless connection doing the file transfers I am manually accessing \\10.1.1.1\sharedfoldername where 10.1.1.1 is an ip i've given to the ethernet card. Ideally i'd like to have someway to use the ethernet by default for file transfers only and wireless for browsing only. Is it possible? Cheers

[Druchii]

I'd also like to know this, anyone?

[MovedGoalPosts]

You can manually disable a connection, bit tedious if you do this a lot, but occasional use might be OK?

[jem]

You could try this;
</p>PC 1 has a ethernet card with a static address of 10.1.1.1; subnet mask 255.0.0.0 and PC 2 has address 10.1.1.2; subnet mask 255.0.0.0. </p></p></p>Make sure that the default gateway is blank on the IP settings on the network cards on both machines.Then on PC 1, open a DOS command window and enter</p>ROUTE ADD 10.1.1.2 MASK 255.255.255.255 10.1.1.1 METRIC 1</p>and on PC 2 enter</p>ROUTE ADD 10.1.1.1 MASK 255.255.255.255 10.1.1.2 METRIC 1</p>You can do a google search for the ROUTE commands in DOS to see what they do.Give it a go and see if it works ok.</p>These commands are not persistant so if something goes horribly wrong then a reboot of both machines will fix it. </p>If it appears to be working OK then reenter the commands but include the -P switch (P for persistant)</p>i.e. ROUTE -P ADD 10.1.1.1 etc.</p>BTW the commands are not case sensitive, I've only written them in capitals for clarity</p></p>

</p>What the heck has happened to the formatting on this post? I hope you can read it ok!

[bbwannabe]

You could try this;
PC 1 has a ethernet card with a static address of 10.1.1.1; subnet mask 255.0.0.0 and PC 2 has address 10.1.1.2; subnet mask 255.0.0.0. Make sure that the default gateway is blank on the IP settings on the network cards on both machines.Then on PC 1, open a DOS command window and enterROUTE ADD 10.1.1.2 MASK 255.255.255.255 10.1.1.1 METRIC 1and on PC 2 enterROUTE ADD 10.1.1.1 MASK 255.255.255.255 10.1.1.2 METRIC 1You can do a google search for the ROUTE commands in DOS to see what they do.Give it a go and see if it works ok.These commands are not persistant so if something goes horribly wrong then a reboot of both machines will fix it. If it appears to be working OK then reenter the commands but include the -P switch (P for persistant)i.e. ROUTE -P ADD 10.1.1.1 etc.BTW the commands are not case sensitive, I've only written them in capitals for clarity
What the heck has happened to the formatting on this post? I hope you can read it ok!

Haha @ formatting

Thanks for the commands. Will re-read through that again and give it a go

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EDIT: Is the subnet mask supposed to be 255.255.255.0 in the first sentence? or is it the 255.0.0.0 as you posted?.

Did some googling on the route command but still unclear as the purpose of the the metric parameter.

[GeoffW]

I assume you will only connect the lan cable when you want to transfer files?

If so you could just make sure the connection priority order has LAN first?

Network connections (show all), Advanced, Adapters and bindings. Use the arrows to change the priority order to have the LAN adapter above the WiFi adapter.

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by jem

, I've only written them in capitals for clarity</p></p>

</p>What the heck has happened to the formatting on this post?

Simple: We don't allow embedded HTML..

[bbwannabe]

Originally Posted by GeoffW

I assume you will only connect the lan cable when you want to transfer files?

If so you could just make sure the connection priority order has LAN first?

Network connections (show all), Advanced, Adapters and bindings. Use the arrows to change the priority order to have the LAN adapter above the WiFi adapter.

Actually, both are currently enabled on my system. Preferably, i'd like to have them both on rather than turn one or the other off each time.