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I have mac mini and powerbook G4 on Airport extreme network with adsl modem providing internet. I also want to connect both machines to ethernet to back up to network drive quickly. I have an ethernet switch and an Airport express which i can use as a router for the ethernet network if necessary. The express could be stand alone or a relay for the extreme on WDS but i'm worried that may affect download speed? I cannot run an ethernet line to the extreme base station.
I want the network to automatically access the internet through wireless and the network disk through ethernet, without having to manually switch off the wireless.
The backup uses Intego backup assistant which seems to talk to network drives differently from the host machine. So, for example, i have had the ethernet up and supporting file transfers between the machines and network drive but the Intego automatic backup still failed to establish a connection.
Happy to play with subnets if required.
Grateful for any suggestions on what must be a common problem people face.
I want the network to automatically access the internet through wireless and the network disk through ethernet, without having to manually switch off the wireless.
The backup uses Intego backup assistant which seems to talk to network drives differently from the host machine. So, for example, i have had the ethernet up and supporting file transfers between the machines and network drive but the Intego automatic backup still failed to establish a connection.
Happy to play with subnets if required.
Grateful for any suggestions on what must be a common problem people face.