having 2 macs share files through ethernet even with wireless network?

dage007

does anyone know if for instance i have a g4 and a g5 and each of these macs have a wireless card, currently i can surf the web and exchange files through the wireless network. the problem is that i also want to transfer files (large ones like photoshop) from one mac to the other, its just taking for ever over the wireless network.



is there a way to run an ethernet cable from the g4 to g5 and maybe send the files through that cable instead of the wireless network?

dmband0026

Yes. I don't know where the computers are physically located, but just run a cable from one ethernet port to the other. Should show up on your network as a local computer. Transfer speeds should be a lot quicker than. Better yet, for speed at least, run a firewire cable between the two and restart one while holding T. It will restart and show a big firewire icon on the screen. You have essentially turned this computer into a big firewire HD, which will be accessible to your other computer (and icon should show up on the desktop for the other drive.) Speed will be awesome, but it is a pain to keep re starting and whatnot. Good luck.

dage007

ya i actually used to do that as a firewire target disk. then i got a dual scsi host raid. that wont work cause i have to do some clustering stuff i guess. And the softwarefor that is alot form what im seeing. so i assume my best bet to get both macs to see the raid and transfer fine is to put the g5 to the raid and run a x over cable from the g5 to the g4 wich is right next to it. this way 2 people can work on a mac and the g5 will transfer files directly to the external raid and the g4 will transfer files to the raid through the g5.



guess thats the best thing to do unless theres a way to run files through firewire without making it a target disk.

stupider...likeafox

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Originally posted by dage007

guess thats the best thing to do unless theres a way to run files through firewire without making it a target disk.

You can do IP over Firewire, I think it's built into Panther and a download for Jaguar.



http://www.macosxhints.com/article.p...31027011901587



and



http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/ma..._internet.html

dage007

but my big questione here is can i have both macs just access the internet through the airport connection,



And then designate the firewire cable striclty for file transfer between the 2 macs?



If so, then it might be a good investment to get a firewire 800 card for the G4 so I can run a firewire 800 cable between the 2 macs, prob faster then through the ethernet connect on the 2 macs

neutrino23

Not sure if you can run both connections simultaneously. I am in a similar situation. When I want to move large files temporarily switch off airport and connect a cable. My cables run through a router/switch so they automatically pickup IP addresses from the DHCP server. If you are just using a cable you probably have to first turn off airport, then connect the cable, then go to the Network control panel and switch locations to the ones where you have setup fixed IP addresses for the two machines.

dage007

Ya i know. I had heard at one time that in the terminal you could do something to designate the airport strictly for like surfing the web and ftping stuff like that. and set up wither the ethernet cable or firewire to transfer any files as in apple talk or file transfer.



if you hear of anything please l;et me know



thanks

stupider...likeafox

Never tried this personally but:



A) I think you can set up locations e.g. "wired" and "unwired" and switch between them with ease.



and



Can you not drag and drop the different interface in System Preferences into the order you want to use them in? So if the ethernet is above the airport it will be called on first? Note that the text in the following image specifiens which port used for accessing the internet.







Total speculation but worth a try.

dage007

actually thats worth a try. ill give it a go and see. Then I can make sure that I have internet sharing off that way I guaranty that aiport is only used for internet sharring, and anything else between the macs will be through the ethernet.



WOuld be nice if that firewire 800 sharing software was available for panther, I guess there working on it thats what I was told last night.



thanks

curufinwe

If these are powermacs, they have gigabit ethernet, which theoretically should be at least as fast as FW 800 if you don't use a hub

dage007

ya you would think that but when you look at i think its unibrains website or someone else, they have the firewire and ethernet comparison, and each of them get arround 25MB/s transfer rate. Not too good if you ask me, thats why i think firewire 800 might be even better, i guess it will take someexperimenting with thats all

dage007

could you tell me how you put the items in order? i did what you said and i have airport and ethernet set up, but i cant put ethernet first



thanks



dave

neutrino23

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Originally posted by dage007

could you tell me how you put the items in order? ...

In the Network control panel there are two popup menus; Location and Show. Under show select "Network Port Configurations". In the list of ports that shows up you can click and drag each item up or down to select the priority given each port.