Hi all,
Just an academic question that's been bugging me:
I have a wireless connection and an ethernet port on my laptop at my desk. I leave the wireless on most of the time because I unplug the ethernet when going to a conference room, for example.
So my question is--when I'm at my desk and both are active, let's say I'm copying a 1 gig file to a server. While it obviously would make sense that the OS use the faster connection (usually--but not necessarily--the wired connection)--how does it make this decision?
And suppose I unplug in the midst of this file transfer? I haven't tried this yet, but would it just know to start sending through the wireless when the wired is unplugged, without missing a beat (or byte)? And does it ever use both simultaneously, but for different tasks?
Thanks for any enlightenment,
--Jim
Just an academic question that's been bugging me:
I have a wireless connection and an ethernet port on my laptop at my desk. I leave the wireless on most of the time because I unplug the ethernet when going to a conference room, for example.
So my question is--when I'm at my desk and both are active, let's say I'm copying a 1 gig file to a server. While it obviously would make sense that the OS use the faster connection (usually--but not necessarily--the wired connection)--how does it make this decision?
And suppose I unplug in the midst of this file transfer? I haven't tried this yet, but would it just know to start sending through the wireless when the wired is unplugged, without missing a beat (or byte)? And does it ever use both simultaneously, but for different tasks?
Thanks for any enlightenment,
--Jim