Please bear with me, I am very new to networking but learning - I did my best to explain my network setup and the problem i'm having, if I've left anything out or you need extra info please let me know - and thank you for taking the time to read this and help!
The Network:
Location 1: Airport Extreme wifi router is connected to a dsl modem and one computer both with Ethernet cables.
Location 2: Three computers (1 windows 2 macs) are on the wireless network.
There is also a network printer (HP LaserJet) and NAS drive (WD MyBook Live) that only have wired connections available.
It is NOT currently possible to run a cable between locations 1 and 2 or move devices between locations
I installed a network switch, assigned static ip addresses to all Loc 2 devices and connected them with Ethernet cables.
Note:
When windows 7 detected the two connections - wired and wireless - I got a popup message suggesting I bridge them, so I did, and everything seems to work fine: I can connect to the internet and all devices.
In OSX I have 2 Network services: Ethernet and Wi-Fi, both show as connected. Ethernet is listed first.
The problem:
This is a bit difficult to explain, because it seems to change.
Sometimes - I can connect to the internet OR the wired devices, but not both, unless I disable the other network service or change the network service order in the control panel. As I type this, this is not what is happening, but has been the problem up to now.
Now - I can connect to all devices, but file transfer to/from the NAS is very slow (compared to the windows pc).
If I disable the wifi connection, OSX will connect to the device over the Ethernet cable.
The Questions:
Update:
I ran route get on the second mac and found out it does the same thing - but in it's case, the connection always used is en0 - even when connecting to the wireless router or an internet site, so perhaps this is not a good tool to use?
But there is a speed difference (as one would expect) the mac-mini copies 4 GB over en0 in about 2 minutes, the MacBook-pro takes 25 minutes over en1 for the same files - so something is still clearly wrong. The network settings for both computers is (apparently) the same, including network service order.
I also tried deleting the network services, creating a new location on the MacBook-pro and re-creating them, but this had no effect.
The Network:
Location 1: Airport Extreme wifi router is connected to a dsl modem and one computer both with Ethernet cables.
Location 2: Three computers (1 windows 2 macs) are on the wireless network.
There is also a network printer (HP LaserJet) and NAS drive (WD MyBook Live) that only have wired connections available.
It is NOT currently possible to run a cable between locations 1 and 2 or move devices between locations
I installed a network switch, assigned static ip addresses to all Loc 2 devices and connected them with Ethernet cables.
Note:
When windows 7 detected the two connections - wired and wireless - I got a popup message suggesting I bridge them, so I did, and everything seems to work fine: I can connect to the internet and all devices.
In OSX I have 2 Network services: Ethernet and Wi-Fi, both show as connected. Ethernet is listed first.
The problem:
This is a bit difficult to explain, because it seems to change.
Sometimes - I can connect to the internet OR the wired devices, but not both, unless I disable the other network service or change the network service order in the control panel. As I type this, this is not what is happening, but has been the problem up to now.
Now - I can connect to all devices, but file transfer to/from the NAS is very slow (compared to the windows pc).
Code:
route get 10.0.1.45 [NAS ip] returns this:
route to: 10.0.1.45
destination: 10.0.1.45
interface: en1 (This is the WIFI service!)
flags: <UP, HOST, DONE, LLINFO, WASCLONED, IFSCOPE, IFREF>If I disable the wifi connection, OSX will connect to the device over the Ethernet cable.
The Questions:
- How do I fix this?
- Why is OSX using wifi to connect to the NAS rather than the Ethernet? How is this even possible?!
- What is the proper way to set up OSX to use the wireless Ethernet connection along side the wired network so I can access everything at once?
Update:
I ran route get on the second mac and found out it does the same thing - but in it's case, the connection always used is en0 - even when connecting to the wireless router or an internet site, so perhaps this is not a good tool to use?
But there is a speed difference (as one would expect) the mac-mini copies 4 GB over en0 in about 2 minutes, the MacBook-pro takes 25 minutes over en1 for the same files - so something is still clearly wrong. The network settings for both computers is (apparently) the same, including network service order.
I also tried deleting the network services, creating a new location on the MacBook-pro and re-creating them, but this had no effect.
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