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Re: Is It Possible To Have Two Concurrent Network Connections?

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In article <fmmck-B382A5.17413929112013@5ad64b5e.bb.sky.com>, Fred
McKenzie <fmmck@aol.com> wrote:
> In article <bfs8jnF6plvU1@mid.individual.net>,
> TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Here's the situation....
> > 
> > I have an iMac which is wirelesslly connected to a Time Capsule which 
> > is used both for backups and for providing a wireless connection to an 
> > HP Envy printer. My sister has an Airport Extreme which is wirelessly 
> > accessible from m;;y computer. As things currently stand I need to 
> > invoke one network when I wish to print and the other when I wish to 
> > use the internet.  My question is whether there is a way to have both 
> > networks concurrently active so that I can both print and access the 
> > internet at the same time?
> 
> James-
> 
> You only have one WiFi transceiver in your computer, so any additional 
> network connections would need to be via another path such as Ethernet 
> or USB.

Technically you could possibly plug in a USB Wi-Fi adaptor and use two
wi-fi networks at once, but it's probably not worth the effort, and
having two wi-fi running could potentially cause extra problems with
interferrence and slow-downs.




> I think you can do what you want by changing preferences on your Time 
> Capsule.  If you set it to be a "client", and get its IP address 
> wirelessly from the Airport Extreme, then you would only have to access 
> one of them from your Mac to see the printer, the Time Machine volume 
> and the Internet.
> 
> You could also eliminate the AirPort Extreme and use the Time Capsule 
> for your Internet connections.  A Time Capsule is just an AirPort 
> Extreme with a hard drive.

I'd probably go with this and just have one wi-fi network set-up, or
the cabled option that Christian suggested.

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Is It Possible To Have Two Concurrent Network Connections? TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> - 2013-11-29 13:35 -0600
  Re: Is It Possible To Have Two Concurrent Network Connections? christian130530@ghanart.org (Christian) - 2013-11-29 23:14 +0100
  Re: Is It Possible To Have Two Concurrent Network Connections? Fred McKenzie <fmmck@aol.com> - 2013-11-29 17:41 -0500
    Re: Is It Possible To Have Two Concurrent Network Connections? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2013-11-30 12:19 +1300
    Re: Is It Possible To Have Two Concurrent Network Connections? Siri Cruz <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2013-11-29 18:01 -0800
  Re: Is It Possible To Have Two Concurrent Network Connections? JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2013-11-29 21:09 -0500

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