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Legacy Forums => Experienced User Forum => Topic started by: eiceic on January 10, 2006, 05:37:06 PM

Title: Wired / Wireless
Post by: eiceic on January 10, 2006, 05:37:06 PM

A little off topic, but someone here must know the answer..

I have my Windows XP laptop with two connections to my SME Linux box -- one IP for the wireless card (192.168.0.100) and one IP for the wire (192.168.0.101)

If I have a drive mapped to the SME server \\192.168.0.1\Primary  -- How can I get specify that I want the traffic to use the wire since it is faster?  And when I disconnect, I'd like it to use the wireless.    

I know I can disable/enable adapters and that works fine -- but can I just set it up one time and not worry about it?

Thanks,

Chris Buechler

Title: Wired / Wireless
Post by: Franco on January 10, 2006, 06:33:01 PM

Block the ports for samba on your wireless connection?! That will force your client to look for the service on the wired.

Even if you implement different network protocols, I don't think you can determine route paths based on speed, only on availability or metrics.

Title: Wired / Wireless
Post by: mike_mattos on January 11, 2006, 08:43:17 PM

IF you use the XP wireless network connection manager, & don't store the wireless password on the XP, you;ll only have a live wireless connection when you select the network & enter the password.

(several assumptions here, but I hope you get the idea! )