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Hello there,
I wonder if anyone can help me with a specific setup.
I am running a 2013 iMac and 2 x 2008 Mac Pro desktops. Each of them already runs on a 100Mbps ethernet local network. The 2 Mac Pros are running OSX Lion, and the iMac is using Mountain Lion.
I need to add a connection between all three machines that will run at 1000Mpbs speeds for transfer of video files between them. I was considering a Gigabit ethernet switch for this specific task. As they run on the company's ethernet network connection for the internet here, I would like to keep these in place and add the gigabit connection to the 2nd port on the macs.
Is there a way of dividing traffic up in this way, so that the file sharing traffic uses one port (on the 'local-only' gigabit network through the switch) and the internet traffic uses the existing ethernet connection on the other port.
Any help or suggestions would be very welcome.
Thanks very much.
Kind regards,
- Ian
I wonder if anyone can help me with a specific setup.
I am running a 2013 iMac and 2 x 2008 Mac Pro desktops. Each of them already runs on a 100Mbps ethernet local network. The 2 Mac Pros are running OSX Lion, and the iMac is using Mountain Lion.
I need to add a connection between all three machines that will run at 1000Mpbs speeds for transfer of video files between them. I was considering a Gigabit ethernet switch for this specific task. As they run on the company's ethernet network connection for the internet here, I would like to keep these in place and add the gigabit connection to the 2nd port on the macs.
Is there a way of dividing traffic up in this way, so that the file sharing traffic uses one port (on the 'local-only' gigabit network through the switch) and the internet traffic uses the existing ethernet connection on the other port.
Any help or suggestions would be very welcome.
Thanks very much.
Kind regards,
- Ian