You've only got data transfer through one of the pipes. I don't know
which one is chosen by default and its likely that you can specify one
for a particular app (FTP, etc.) but you aren't going to be splitting
the workload between them.<br>
<br>
On servers you'll have two network interfaces (NICs) sharing a single
IP. This is done for load balancing and/or fail over redundancy. But
generally, these server NICs have circuitry that most consumer grade
NICs don't. With consumer grade NICs you generally need third-party
utilities to team the NICs, but I don't see a purpose for going to the
trouble and expense for the scenario you describe.<br>
<br>
For convenience I would stick w/ wireless. For speed and reliability, I would stick w/ the cable.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/20/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Michel Treisman</b> <<a href="mailto:treisman@psy.ox.ac.uk">
treisman@psy.ox.ac.uk</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Just wondering. I have a Netgear adsl modem-router. I can connect
<br>to it with an ethernet cable or wirelessly. If my laptop is on the<br>table next to the router, I can do both. Is there any advantage (or<br>disadvantage) to using Airport+ethernet cable, rather than just<br>ethernet cable?
<br>Wireless communications are more noisy than cable, so when I add<br>Airport to the ethernet, am I lowering overall fidelity?<br>(Does that make sense?)<br><br>Mike<br><br><br>_______________________________________________
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