Switching from wireless (Airport) to wired (LAN)- three questions

Perhaps I'm not doing this right, but...
1. When I'm on a wireless connection and logged in to my peer-to-peer networked desktop, then plug in to the wired connection, the system freezes (spinning wheel) for about a minute if I try to turn off the wireless connection before telling me the network connection has been broken. This begs a second question. You can try this at home on just about any laptop running OS X 10.3 +
If I remember to manually disconnect/log off the network machine (and later reconnect it on the wired path) then all is cool.
I suspect therefore that my MBP cannot switch between the connection paths for a logged in connection. Is this true?
2. Is there a way to administer whether and which connection (en0 or en1) is used for certain programs (for example, by the port number allowed in each mode?), in addition to their prioritization in the Network Preference panel? In Windows XP settings of which network connection is used for a given service is supported, but without priority.
3. While the MBP can 'see' two connections, it can only 'use' one of them at a time. Is this correct? How can you tell in that case where there are two network connections, which one is being used?
My reason for needing this feature of assigning a particular port connection is that my backup program, Retrospect Backup, doesn't want two network connection paths in use for itself (on it's port connection).
Two paths assigned to the same client cause all kinds of havoc when that program can see two appearances of the same client machine.
G5 PM 2.0GHz/1.5GB dual MBP 15" 2.0GHz/2GB G3 B&W 400MHz Mac OS X (10.4.7)

1. not sure
2. not sure
Haven't been using OS X long enough yet. (1-2 months)
3. Open the "Network Utility" located at "Applications" "Utilities" the first screen allows you to check info on the network connections. On my MBP (en0) is the Ethernet and (en1) is wireless, select a connection and check the bottom. Watch the "Sent Packets" and "Recv Packets" to see where the data is coming and going.
I have a desktop with Windows Vista with a shared folder with my media files. If I connect with a wired connection OS X doesn't see the share, but the wireless connection will. If I connect the wireless and Ethernet and stream video to my laptop the packets come over the Ethernet connection. It won't connect over Ethernet, but the files come over it, so it seams to be able to use both. Hope fully one of the pros on here can help you more.
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.9) 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo w/BC Windows XP

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Hi - I'm new to this and I apologize if this question is ridiculously easy.
I am using a cable modem in which I have plugged my WRT160Nv2 wireless router. I am supporting three computers here in my home; my laptop (both wired and wireless), my daughters laptop (wireless only), and my desktop (wired only).
Everything works great and I have to give all the credit to CISCO and the excellent software which automatically solves every connection problem that comes up.
My laptop and desktop are connected to the wireless router via cable.
My question is strictly about my laptop. When I leave my office in the house and go into another room, I establish the wireless connection. Now I am back in my home office room, I want to use my wired connection. How do I do this? Do I need to disable my wireless connection so that my wired connection takes over? Again, I do have my laptop connected to the wireless router via cat5.
I want to do this strictly for the speed of the connection. I've read that a wired connection is double if not more in Mbps.
This laptop is running Win XP Pro, SP3.
I hope this furnishes enough info to assist in an answer.
Thanks in advance.
John
P.S.. I really do want to educate myself regarding the equipment I am using and not have to ask such basic questions. Are there any books or websites you can recommend that can start me out and go as technical as I choose to?

Windows by default uses the fastest connection possible. If you have a wireless and wired connection active at the same time it depends on how fast both connections are rated. Wireless connections tend to change depending on the distance. Wireless 802.11g goes up to 54 Mbit/s. Wireless 802.11n can go up to some 300 Mbit/s. Wired connections are usually either gigabit ethernet (1000 Mbit/s) or fastethernet (100 Mbit/s).
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As your WRT160Nv2 has only FastEthernet LAN ports you have to check how fast the wireless connection is. If you have a 802.11n wireless adapter in your laptop it may show up the wireless connection faster then 100 Mbit/s. Depending on the setting it may change occassionally between 54 Mbit/s and speeds higher then 100 Mbit/s which would lead Windows to swap connections. If you see that problem it is better to switch off the wireless in the laptop while you have a wired connection...
A wired connection is more reliable and stable then a wireless connection. With wireless you can have interference. Thus, even though a wired connection may be slower then a wireless one you may prefer to use the wired connection anyway. And some people prefer to turn off the wireless to avoid radiation.
To sum up: usually you don't have to switch off the wireless, unless you experience problems because of the mentioned changing speeds of the wireless connection. The computer will always only use one connection. Not both.

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1) I know with CS6 I don't "have" to transcode, but I can just ingest and edit the AVCHD files natively, right? Well, okay, but if I do that will dropping those 60p clips on a 23.98fps timeline give me the same look I got when I use to conform the footage first? Specifically is it just as smooth to just change the speed of a 60p clip by 40% and drop it on a 24p timeline? And what about the stuff I want at full speed...if I drop that 60p footage right on the timeline and don't speed it up it will be full speed but will it look the same as my conformed footage looked when sped up in FCP? Please elaborate for me.
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Jim Simon wrote:
I'd recommend a different work flow. Shoot what you want at full speed in 720p/24. Shoot what you want in slow motion at 720p/60...
I would respectfully disagree with Jim's statement and endorse the OP's technique of shooting at 60 fps for purposes of playback at both normal speed and slow motion at 24 fps.
I think the more creative choices you give yourself in post the better.
Since you (DMH79) are using the same footage for both normal speed and slow motion playback, I think your way is definitely the way to go as long as you are happy with the resolution.
Even if you were not using the same clips at different speeds, I would still disagree with the opinion that you should be able to predict in advance which shots from a hectic live action event such as a wedding you will want to use in slow motion. In fact, I would go so far as to say that it would be impossible, no matter how easy it is to switch modes.
Given that slow motion is a reasonable priority for you, I think there is much less to be gained by shooting at 24 fps for clips that you might use at normal speed than by giving yourself the option of both normal speed and slow motion with a 60 fps recording. (To me the bigger tradeoff is not being able to shoot 1080p at 60 fps, which I think applies to your HMC150.)
I love the look of 24p and will shoot that way for scripted work or if I am absolutely certain that I won't want to use a single shot in slow motion, but for many live events, my preference is to shoot at 720p60, shutter angle 180, for eventual output at 30 fps. I edit in a 60 fps timeline in Premiere, but I export at 30 fps. I find that exporting at 30 fps in combination with the 1/120 shutter speed removes much of the soap opera look (a great description, by the way), but there is no jerkiness in normal speed clips because 30 is exactly half of 60. Media Encoder simply removes every other frame during export. Yet, this allows me to drop any clip to 50% speed and achieve perfectly matched, silky smooth slow motion.
You probably prefer the 40% speed slow motion and added stutter of 24 fps, but regardless, if you do find that controlling the speed via Speed/Duration is equal in quality to conforming, you may want to consider cutting in a 60 fps timeline and giving yourself the option to export at either 24 or 30 fps.
Your last post on this topic was from a few months ago. I also switched from FCP7 and would be very curious to know what you have discovered!

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First of all, I like your router [ i like wrt54gL, wrt54g v1-4] coz this versions appeared to be stable than the later versions thats out on the market right now.
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