I have a laptop and a desktop computer, and I need to sync lots of files to the laptop and back whenever I go on a trip, etc. I've got a LAN cable connected into an extra port on the desktop that I plug into the laptop so I can get gigabit file transfers instead of wireless G. They connect fine.
If I do an FTP transfer, for instance, using the LAN IP addresses, it goes at ~40MB/s, as it should. However when I copy files using explorer and native windows file sharing it detects the other computer by name, not IP (eg \\DESKTOP-PC\
instead of \\192.168.0.100\
) and always connects to it by its wireless IP address instead of the faster LAN address.
Both computers are running Windows 7. I have tried editing the priorities of the adapters in Advanced Settings and putting the LAN adapters above the wifi ones, but this didn't have any effect
Results of nbtstat -c: (on desktop)
Node IpAddress: [192.168.56.1] Scope Id: []
No names in cache
Local Area Connection: (lan connection, using *.*.1.*)
Node IpAddress: [192.168.1.180] Scope Id: []
No names in cache
Wireless Connection: (wifi connection, using *.*.0.*)
Node IpAddress: [192.168.0.180] Scope Id: []
No names in cache
Hamachi:
Node IpAddress: [0.0.0.0] Scope Id: []
No names in cache
VMware Network Adapter VMnet1:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.126.1] Scope Id: []
No names in cache
VMware Network Adapter VMnet8:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.101.1] Scope Id: []
No names in cache
Local Area Connection 2:
Node IpAddress: [0.0.0.0] Scope Id: []
No names in cache
Nothing changed after running nbtstat -R
\\<lan IP>
?nbtstat -c
What happens when you donbtstat -R
and then try it again?