Swirching between ethernet and airport

i want to be able to easily switch back and forth between ethernet and airport. is there a way to do this without having to plug/unplug the ethernet cable from airport to computer, computer to airport each time i want to change?

Try the following:
Open System Preferences (gear icon) on the dock
Open Network
Click the small gear icon at the bottom of the connection list area
Click Set Service Order
If Ethernet is at the top of the list and you want to switch to an AirPort connection, drag AirPort to the top of the list. Click OK, Click Apply
If AirPort is at the top of the list and you want to switch to an Ethernet connection, drag Ethernet to the top of the list. Click OK, Click Apply

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Message was edited by: jjpotter

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Or somebody's playing a prank on him.
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*"so is there any thing else I can do?"*
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1. Regardless of mode, the Airport Express can always be used for iTunes streaming.
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Might try trashing these files & reboot...
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Hy there.
I´ve got a Mini running 10.5 Server with Ethernet en0 and Airport. To set up for testing I´m want to set the Mini as a wireless bridge. With NAT and the gateway assistant, I`m only apple to set up routing with a block Airport -> Ethernet. In detail:
Ethernet 192.168.100.x
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The network configuration details and the goals aren't entirely clear (to me) here, so I'm going to shot-gun several answers here. I (also) don't know how experienced you are with IP networking and terminology; apologies in advance.
"Bridging" occurs at layer 2 and is relatively comparable to a network cable or such and thus arguably transparent to network traffic (you can't "see" a bridge at the network layer any more than you can "see" a hunk of network cable), where "Routing" is layer 3 and typically involves IP addresses and a routing stack. Bridging doesn't involve an IP network address for the intermediate device, where routing does.
Your Mac Mini here lacks bridging capabilities, and would be either a non-routing host or (with two NICs and a requirement to route traffic through) an IP router.
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If I've entirely missed your question with the above answer(s), hopefully the above can help us get a little closer to your particular goal and an appropriate solution.

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Try the following...
To setup for Internet Sharing (Wireless to Wired):
Enable Software Firewall
System Preferences > Sharing > Firewall
- Click Stop to start the software firewall
Setup Port Order
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- Verify that "AirPort" and "Built-In Ethernet" are enabled.
- Verify that "AirPort" is at the top of the list, followed by "Built-In Ethernet."
- Click "Apply Now."
Configure the Internet Connection
System Preferences > Network > Show > AirPort > TCP/IP
- Configure IPv4: Using DHCP
- Configure IPv6: Automatically or Off
Enable Internet Sharing
System Preferences > Sharing > Internet
- Share your connection from: AirPort
- To computers using: Built-In Ethernet (checked) (Note: Uncheck all other entries in the list.)
- Click Start

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I have just set up XP-SP3 under bootcamp. Installation went fine, it boots, I'm in Windoze now.
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I get to a window that says "choose a wireless network". I pick my DJ Tempo's network. (It works just fine under OS 10.6.5.)
I click "connect".
I get a window that says "The network 'DJ Tempo's Network' requires a network key (also called a WEP key or WPA key). A network key helps prevent unknown intruders from connecting to this network."
I put in the password for my Basestation, and click "connect".
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http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/19596
After installing, Reboot holding down CMD+s, then when the prompt shows, type in...
applejack AUTO
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Nothing other than the cable modem and router would be plugged into the D-Link switch... - but will this actually make a difference, will it cause any grief on my home network? Is there a better way?
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Based on your goal, I would suggest that you take a look at this article. With QoS you are controlling which traffic gets priority going upstream to your ISP, not the other way around. Instead, I believe you what you really want is to implement a form of VLAN. Like QoS, Apple routers do not natively support VLANs. You would need a router, like a Cisco RVS4000 to do this. VLANs are not dependent on physical switches, although you can assign a separate VLAN segement, one to each Ethernet port of the router. You can then attach the AirPort to one of the Cisco's VLAN segments. Any device, wired or wireless, connected to the AirPort would get the same priority.

FCPX caused a lot of traffic between Mac and Airport

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So last night I opened up FCPX for the first time on my Mac Pro. There were no problems. I then noticed the LED on the network switch next to me blinking away constantly with activity. I opened up Activity Monitor and sure enough, the Mac was sending (not receiving) around a very constant ~10KBps. I opened up Terminal next and did a "tcpdump -i en0" and every line was the same. It was something like this (this is an approximation, I should have saved the output):
(timestamp) IP6 my-computer.local > my-airport-express.local UDP, length 44
When I quit FCPX, the traffic stopped. And opening it again started the traffic again. Finally it stopped. I thought it was strange to say the least...
Has anyone seen behavious like this? Is this Bonjour trying to find other shared resources to render (seems like way too much traffic for that)?
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