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How to force use of ethernet when Mac is connected to ethernet AND WiFi?
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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1805818" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>Ashwin, those are good suggestions, and I will think about them. I originally did have two networks, but then found I couldn't connect an iOS device in one net to a device in the other. Seems they need to be in the same network and the definition for "same" seems to be network name. So if the MBP, for example, is in Network 1 to access the NAS to get the video, it can't be in Network 2 to connect to the ATV. Now I suppose I could put the ATV and NAS in the same network, but then if I want to save a downloaded media file to the NAS, I can't get to it because it's in the "other" network. I could, I suppose, put the NAS in Internet mode and get an assigned IP for it and use the Internet to get to it, but that seems a bit silly to have to go through the internet to get from one network I own to another network I own. Not to mention the security issues opening the network to the Internet that way would create. </p><p></p><p>I think what I need to do is to explain to my non-techie wife that she should turn WiFi off for most uses and only turn it on for when she wants to watch through AirPlay. She's bright, so while she may forget to do that a couple of times, it will eventually work into her 'how to do it' list. That's the simplest way I can think of to have the main default being Ethernet, but still able to use Airplay to direct streaming to the ATV. </p><p></p><p>I knew AirPlay was built around WiFi, but was hoping somebody had a simple hack to make it think it was doing that but use the Ethernet interface instead. I guess that was just a pipe dream...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1805818, member: 396914"] Ashwin, those are good suggestions, and I will think about them. I originally did have two networks, but then found I couldn't connect an iOS device in one net to a device in the other. Seems they need to be in the same network and the definition for "same" seems to be network name. So if the MBP, for example, is in Network 1 to access the NAS to get the video, it can't be in Network 2 to connect to the ATV. Now I suppose I could put the ATV and NAS in the same network, but then if I want to save a downloaded media file to the NAS, I can't get to it because it's in the "other" network. I could, I suppose, put the NAS in Internet mode and get an assigned IP for it and use the Internet to get to it, but that seems a bit silly to have to go through the internet to get from one network I own to another network I own. Not to mention the security issues opening the network to the Internet that way would create. I think what I need to do is to explain to my non-techie wife that she should turn WiFi off for most uses and only turn it on for when she wants to watch through AirPlay. She's bright, so while she may forget to do that a couple of times, it will eventually work into her 'how to do it' list. That's the simplest way I can think of to have the main default being Ethernet, but still able to use Airplay to direct streaming to the ATV. I knew AirPlay was built around WiFi, but was hoping somebody had a simple hack to make it think it was doing that but use the Ethernet interface instead. I guess that was just a pipe dream... [/QUOTE]
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