I've searched and found a couple solutions to force a Time Capsule to use an ethernet connection for data transfer. Those are 1) turn my Mac's Airport off or 2) turn off the Time Capsule's wireless network.
My question is: since those solutions, has anyone found a better alternative to force a Time Capsule to use ethernet that doesn't involve turning off the Mac's Airport or changing its settings each time?
My need for this is: I have a first gen Time Capsule, and despite outliving the statistics for a long time, it's finally starting to fail. It's not actually dead yet, though the wireless still works, but it's much, much slower than it used to be. The hard drive is fine. I've since switched our primary wireless network over to the Airport Express I was using for Airplay, and I'm having the Time Capsule "join" its new network.
Currently, the wireless transfer speeds on the Time Capsule are far slower than they used to be about 1 MB/s, which is okay for moving small files, but unacceptable for movies and large files. The printer is also closer to the Time Capsule, and I still use it for printing the AE needs to be closer to the speakers. And I'd like to keep the TC on the wireless network for smaller transfers.
But when I'm moving a big file, I'm doing it over ethernet now, but since it's not hooked up to the internet directly (and the AE only has one ethernet port) turning off the Mac's Airport completely kills the internet connection. Re-configuring its settings every time I want to transfer a movie is more acceptable than killing the internet, but still a pain.
Has anyone found a better way to force the TC to use an ethernet connection while keeping my wireless connection to the AE other than changing its settings every time? A "use ethernet when available" option would be much welcome in Airport Utility....
My question is: since those solutions, has anyone found a better alternative to force a Time Capsule to use ethernet that doesn't involve turning off the Mac's Airport or changing its settings each time?
My need for this is: I have a first gen Time Capsule, and despite outliving the statistics for a long time, it's finally starting to fail. It's not actually dead yet, though the wireless still works, but it's much, much slower than it used to be. The hard drive is fine. I've since switched our primary wireless network over to the Airport Express I was using for Airplay, and I'm having the Time Capsule "join" its new network.
Currently, the wireless transfer speeds on the Time Capsule are far slower than they used to be about 1 MB/s, which is okay for moving small files, but unacceptable for movies and large files. The printer is also closer to the Time Capsule, and I still use it for printing the AE needs to be closer to the speakers. And I'd like to keep the TC on the wireless network for smaller transfers.
But when I'm moving a big file, I'm doing it over ethernet now, but since it's not hooked up to the internet directly (and the AE only has one ethernet port) turning off the Mac's Airport completely kills the internet connection. Re-configuring its settings every time I want to transfer a movie is more acceptable than killing the internet, but still a pain.
Has anyone found a better way to force the TC to use an ethernet connection while keeping my wireless connection to the AE other than changing its settings every time? A "use ethernet when available" option would be much welcome in Airport Utility....
