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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1604684"><p>I just tested it and when both WiFi and Ethernet are active, they have two different IP numbers. So, to the router, they are two different "machines" and any application that uses one will probably struggle shifting to the other. Consider: An app on the iMac opens a communication over WiFi to some remote location, sending IP#! as the return address (Yes, purists, I KNOW I've simplified it). Now imagine in mid-stream the WiFi connection is interrupted and the Ethernet is the only active connection. BUT it has IP#2, not IP#1. So the return communication comes to the wrong address. Communication is broken. Not good.</p><p></p><p>As for the Homeplugs, as I said earlier, they face significant technological challenges. It may be less expensive for you to use bridging to extend your WiFi past your stone walls. I use a device from TP-Link, <a href="http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/?categoryid=1247&model=TL-WA850RE" target="_blank">this one,</a> which extends my WiFi. It does have to be where it can see a good signal, but it does extend the range of my WiFi past where it used to be pretty sketchy. They have more models that that one, but I can say that that particular model has worked well for me for just over a year now. Of course, YMMV!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1604684"] I just tested it and when both WiFi and Ethernet are active, they have two different IP numbers. So, to the router, they are two different "machines" and any application that uses one will probably struggle shifting to the other. Consider: An app on the iMac opens a communication over WiFi to some remote location, sending IP#! as the return address (Yes, purists, I KNOW I've simplified it). Now imagine in mid-stream the WiFi connection is interrupted and the Ethernet is the only active connection. BUT it has IP#2, not IP#1. So the return communication comes to the wrong address. Communication is broken. Not good. As for the Homeplugs, as I said earlier, they face significant technological challenges. It may be less expensive for you to use bridging to extend your WiFi past your stone walls. I use a device from TP-Link, [URL="http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/?categoryid=1247&model=TL-WA850RE"]this one,[/URL] which extends my WiFi. It does have to be where it can see a good signal, but it does extend the range of my WiFi past where it used to be pretty sketchy. They have more models that that one, but I can say that that particular model has worked well for me for just over a year now. Of course, YMMV! [/QUOTE]
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