You MUST have something to connect to the downstairs machine. You can do it wirelessly, or wired, or a combination of both. I think the Express will support you. Read the manual…

Thanks Glen, Do you mean I need a wireless adapter for the downstairs Mac? I will have an ethernet bridge to get it onto the wireless network. What I'm wondering is if the netwo…

The ethernet bridge will work well for you; I like these a lot more than USB devices because they tend to be better implemented (read: ethernet is a real standard you can't fudge),…

Ok, thanks again Glen, I'lll give it a go and see what happens. I've done this same thing wired, just wondering if it works the same way wirelessly. Thanks again

The point of wireless is that it should be the same as wired, except without the clutter. It should look and work just like a wired network, only without the wires.

The one thing that I hate about OSX is the fact that laptop users can not plug in a network cable to transfer files faster than wireless without rebooting or resetting the network …

You should try some troubleshooting steps. The Mac can do everything you asked just fine. Chris

I doubt it, When I boot up my powerbook with no network cable, just airport connected, I have a box running OSX.4 server that connects some network shares. If I connect a network …

Not sure what you are saying in the 2nd post, but I have a 15" Alu Powerbook here, connected to my G5 and a windows box (AFP & SMB) and I hop between ethernet and airport all t…

I understand what you're saying, but the reason it's happening is because you're going about it all wrong. Once you've MADE a connection (whether to a share, FTP server, SSH server…

Sorry, but windows does just fine swapping between network interfaces. It is embarrassing in the workplace when you get the beach-ball and try to explain that OS X rocks, but swit…

That would be quite embarrassing if it had ever happened to me… I think perhaps there is a problem with your computer.

I do everything you posted with no problems on my Macs.

Quote: Originally Posted by baw I do everything you posted with no problems on my Macs. Are you using LDAP to connect to network shares at login with only Airport enabled?

I'd like to see a Windows machine switch connections on the fly and maintain existing network connections with delay or issue. I doubt it has that ability any more than OS X does.

Quote: Originally Posted by Steve Bosell Sorry, but windows does just fine swapping between network interfaces. It is embarrassing in the workplace when you get the beach-ball …

Quote: Originally Posted by Steve Bosell Sorry, but windows does just fine swapping between network interfaces. It is embarrassing in the workplace when you get the beach-ball …

I do his occasionally as well. I just plug in an ethernet cord, turn Airport off, and away I go. No delays, no beachballs.

Quote: Originally Posted by chris v I do his occasionally as well. I just plug in an ethernet cord, turn Airport off, and away I go. No delays, no beachballs. Try to do thi…

Quote: Originally Posted by chris v I do his occasionally as well. I just plug in an ethernet cord, turn Airport off, and away I go. No delays, no beachballs. Well, I thin…

Steve, I do wonder if everyone is understanding what you mean. I.e. Mount a remote volume via airport. Turn airport off, plug in ethernet and Remote Volume is still mounted. I ca…

I agree, I guess I am not explaining my situation very well, there is nothing wrong with the laptops. It seems that OSX binds network shares to an interface, to switch interfaces …

Again, I'd be really interested to see Windows reroute the connections so transparently, Steve. If it's as smooth as you claim it is that would be one area in which Windows is clea…

Steve, when you're doing that with Windows, it actually IS reconnecting. It's not doing an on-the-fly switch. When it detects that the old interface/connection is no longer availab…

I am not saying that with a windows box you can start transferring a file over wireless, plug in a network cable and it speeds up. I am saying that I can log into a windows domain…