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Multi homing is a networking timesaver
Authored by: digitol on Sep 01, '06 07:37:48AM

Should probably include how to setup multihoming. In the shortest way I can describe it; You can Duplicate your Port Configurations in your Network Preference Panel. So if you have Only One built-in ethernet port, you can click the duplicate button and in a sense have a virtual or two ethernet configs running at the same time. Cool stuff. In Fact all of OS X's networking just blows the doors off anything windows has to offer....as if that was anything to brag about! :) hehehhehe.



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Multi homing is a networking timesaver
Authored by: Coumerelli on Sep 01, '06 08:23:55AM

exactly. what this amounts to is the 'it just works' mantra. What OS X does is typical of any LAN/WAN router insomuch as it looks at the object (printing, in this case) and asks itself, "Self, where does this info need to go? Oh, to the printer? then out the wireless it goes" Otherwise it'll say, "Ahh, you want to access a file on your network share, eh? And the fastest way to get there is through that wire right there."

Again, not that Windows can't or doesn't do this. Just, with OS X the only 'configuring' is connecting to the actual network. no setting priorities or going through wizards and junk.

Good f.y.i.

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Multi homing is a networking timesaver
Authored by: davegoulden on Sep 04, '06 12:54:58PM

I don't think this works with Airport only. I have 2 networks (Airport snow and Airport Express which can't do a WDS together) - I don't think I can be on both at once, or can I?



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