[NAS] Force LAN connection over WiFi

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[NAS] Force LAN connection over WiFi

Hello Ladies and Gents,

I have Synology DS415+ NAS (with assigned IP adress) connected to my router and also to my iMac through cat-6e cable (AFP). Lately I noticed that if I copy the files from iMac's disk to the NAS it then use the WiFi connection instead of LAN (different speed results).

How can I force my iMac to use LAN connection when cable is connected?

P.S. Turning off the WiFi on NAS is a no do since we also reach it from other places.

Regards,

Paul

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)

Posted on Jul 10, 2017 9:31 AM

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Tesserax

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Jul 10, 2017 10:14 AM in response to psoiree

How can I force my iMac to use LAN connection when cable is connected?

One method would be to create two network locations for your iMac, and then, switch locations depending on what type of network connection (Ethernet or Wi-Fi) you want to use at that point in time. One of these locations would have only the Ethernet connector; whereas the other would just have Wi-Fi.

System Preferences > Network > Location > Edit Locations... > +