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How to set up ethernet connection preference over WiFi network?
I have two desktop computers. The old one running Windows XP and the new one running Windows 7. My goal is to set up a shared folder between them so that I can copy large files from XP machine to Win7 and back. Both desktops had ethernet ports, so I connected them via a "patch cord" ethernet cable. I then followed this tutorial to set up the sharing part:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BET_mYyqZ0
It works, but when I was transfering a 250GB folder from XP to 7, it took almost 24hrs to do that. So it made me think that ethernet is not that slow, is it? The thing is that both computers are connected to the same WiFi router (for the Internet connection) so it seems like the transfer of this large folder was carried out over slower WiFi connection instead of the ethernet cable.
So my question is, how do I make it "prefer" or use the ethernet connection for this shared folder?