Comments on: Moving from wired to wireless

By: Eric Jones

Eric Jones — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 11:56:23 +0000

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By: paulyg

paulyg — Sun, 17 Jul 2005 21:49:29 +0000

Actually, I don’t encounter these problems. Why? Because I have set up my DHCP server to recognise both the MAC address of my ethernet port and my airport card and to assign them each the same IP address when they come online. So the switch between wired and wireless is much like if you accidentally pulled the cable out of a wired-only machine for a second or two and then put it back in. Everything pauses a second, but then carries on as normal.

Not sure if this setup is possible with a “normal” all-in-one solution (I use a linux server for dhcp and routing) but it might help.

By: Fl0ffy

Fl0ffy — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 12:56:37 +0000

If transfering huge files is the only thing you need a wired connection for then you should try the following. I assume your airport/wireless access point is on the same lan as the wired.

First, connect to your wireless access point and start working. When you need to transfer large files connect to your wired network without turing off your airport connection. After a few seconds you’ll see file transfer rates boosting because OS X becomes aware of the wired network and starts using this. When your done with your file transfer then disconnect the wired network. Everything works as before and no server connections or chats or anything are interrupted…

By: ray

ray — Sun, 26 Jun 2005 22:16:41 +0000

Are you saying that your speed upstream is faster than 54 megabits? Most broadband users are lucky to get 3 megabits,so there really isn’t any speed penalty to go over 802.11g.

By: Twist

Twist — Fri, 24 Jun 2005 11:07:52 +0000

Hopefully Apple will make use of Intel’s new integrated 802.11a/b/g/n chipset in the new Intel based Mac’s next year. That is if they ever get around to ratifying one of the competing 802.11n standards.