[GRLUG] running wireless and ethernet at the same time

[Mark Farver]

Depends on the OS but generally wired connections take precedence and all
traffic will flow there.  Use the "ip route" command to see which device
has the default route (0.0.0.0) or paste it here and we can help translate.

Mark
On Dec 3, 2013 8:49 AM, "Eric Beversluis" <ebever at researchintegration.org>
wrote:

> I'm looking for a basic explanation of what happens, what the normal
> behavior is, when a computer is connected to the same router (and so the
> same LAN and same Internet connection) with both Ethernet cable and
> wireless. I don't see anything on line addressing that basic question.
>
> Does one (maybe the first to come up) just take all the traffic? Do they
> somehow alternate or otherwise share the traffic? Does running both at
> the same time create any problems? Where and how would the behavior get
> determined?
>
> Thanks.
>
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