Transferring files betweeen 2 Windows 7 Pcs with ethernet cable.

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Hi!

I have two Windows 7 machines that are currently connected to the internet via a wireless connection. They are too far away from the router to connect via Ethernet cable. I currently have shared files on both computers and can transfer files between the two machines over the network via wireless, however since I am usually transferring a few GBs of data between machines at a time over the wireless network the transfer is slow. Being that these machines are about 3 feet from each other I though I could use an Ethernet cable to connect them and speed things up.

I followed the directions outlined here: http://http://www.tufitech.com/how-to/fastest-way-to-transfer-files-from-pc-to-pc/

While the network appeared in my network connections I didn't notice much difference in transfer speed. I gather this is because eventhough they are connected via Ethernet cable directly to each other, they are still connected wirelessly to my home network and to the internet

Is there a way to make file transferring exclusive to the Ethernet connection and keep my internet internet connection exclusively wireless? Any help would be appreciated!!!!

Thanks!
 
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Solandri
You need to change the priority of the two network connections, so that the Ethernet connection has a higher priority than the WiFi connection.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-networking/adapter-priority-setting-unavailable-in-windows-10/d2b63caa-e77c-4b46-88b5-eeeaee00c306

Make sure the IP addresses you've assigned for Ethernet are a different subnet than for WiFi. Otherwise Windows will try to access the Internet over Ethernet.

You might also be able to do it by bonding the two adapters into a single virtual network connection. I've done it accidentally once and it worked great. But setting it up deliberately has been hit and miss. Still might be worth a shot...
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VincentP

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Disable the wireless network connection to test your cabled connection. You may need a crossover cable if connecting the two machine directly as desktop machines generally don't auto-detect crossover.
You should probably assign fixed IP addresses to the cabled network interfaces as well, use something like this:
Machine 1 - IP 192.168.10.10, subnet mask 255.255.255.0, gateway <leave blank>
Machine 2 - IP 192.168.10.11, subnet mask 255.255.255.0, gateway <leave blank>
Once working, test transfer speeds and see what you should be getting.

Once you enable to wireless again, Windows will have two possible routes between the two machines but I think it will choose the faster connection. Internet traffic will go through wireless to the default gateway (router).
 
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Redlands523

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That is how I set it up and yes with a crossover cable. I disabled the wireless...the speed definitely increased but when I re-enabled the wireless that's when it seems to just default back to wireless. I don't want to have to disable the wireless everytime I want to transfer files
 
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You need to change the priority of the two network connections, so that the Ethernet connection has a higher priority than the WiFi connection.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-networking/adapter-priority-setting-unavailable-in-windows-10/d2b63caa-e77c-4b46-88b5-eeeaee00c306

Make sure the IP addresses you've assigned for Ethernet are a different subnet than for WiFi. Otherwise Windows will try to access the Internet over Ethernet.

You might also be able to do it by bonding the two adapters into a single virtual network connection. I've done it accidentally once and it worked great. But setting it up deliberately has been hit and miss. Still might be worth a shot.

http://www.pcgamer.com/how-to-set-up-nic-teaming-link-aggregation/
 
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