I've been running my mid-2012 MBP via USB and WiFi.
I acquired 8-port 10/100Mbp Switch. Can I run hardware like printers, external HD from MBP via the Ethernet switch and still keep USB connections and WiFi net for other purposes at same time?
(I found USB-ethernet adapters on internet)
MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9), 8GB SDRAM; 750GB HD
Macs and many PCs can keep multiple network connections going. When you look at the list of connections in the Network system preference, the one on top is the primary connection and if you want another network interface to be the primary (like Ethernet) you use Set Service Order to drag it to the top of the list.
But when you do that, I think all services use whatever is primary. What I don't know how to do is make specific applications use specific network interfaces.
Would not each device be "forced" to use the particular connection being used?
In Network Sys Pref. it appears to me only a single mode can be activated, like for me WiFi, but perhaps that is because I don't have any ethernet or Firewire devices connected?
Connect the switch to your internet WiFi router and all things will work across the same network.
Good, I will give it a try -- after I solve some other glitches I got since Maverick.
Can MBP run both WiFi and Ethernet connections at same time?
