{"id":12488,"date":"2018-08-09T12:42:25","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T12:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=12488"},"modified":"2018-08-09T12:49:55","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T12:49:55","slug":"change-priority-of-wired-wireless-network-adapter-in-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/change-priority-of-wired-wireless-network-adapter-in-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"Change Priority of Wired \/ Wireless Network Adapter in Windows 10 \/ 8 \/ 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

When your computer comes with more than one network adapter (such as Ethernet and Wi-Fi), Windows will use priorities to decide which adapter to use. If both Ethernet and Wi-Fi are connected at the same time, we should give priority to LAN over WI-FI as the wired connection is faster. In this tutorial we’ll show you the simple way to change priority of wired \/ wireless network adapter in Windows 10 \/ 8 \/ 7.<\/p>\n

Method 1: Change Network Adapter Priority in the Adapter and Binding tab<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you’re running Windows 8 \/ 7, you can adjust the priority of wired \/ wireless network adapter from the “Adapter and Binding” tab. Follow these steps:<\/p>\n

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  1. Press the Windows key + R to open the Run command, type ncpa.cpl<\/strong> and hit Enter to open the Network Connections window<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  2. You should see a list of network adapters. Press the Alt<\/strong> button (if the menu bar is not already visible) and click on the Advanced<\/strong> menu, and then choose Advanced Settings<\/strong>.\n

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  3. Click the Adapters and Bindings<\/strong> tab. Under Connections, you’ll notice that “Local Area Connection 2<\/em>” has the highest priority. You can use the up or down arrow button on the right side to change the priority.\n

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  4. Click OK<\/strong>. Traffic will go over the network adapter with the highest priority first (when connected) when all adapters are connected.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    However, the “Adapter and Binding” tab was already removed in Windows 10, and you have to use PowerShell cmdlet to change the network adapter priority.<\/p>\n

    Method 2: Change Network Adapter Priority Using Windows PowerShell<\/strong><\/p>\n

    By default, Windows uses the interface metric to determine which network adapter has the highest priority. Adapters with a lower metric number are prioritized over adapters that have a higher number. Here’s how to change network adapter priority using Windows PowerShell:<\/p>\n

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    1. Open Windows PowerShell as administrator<\/a>. Type the following command and press Enter.
      \nGet-NetIPInterface<\/code><\/p>\n

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      \tThe ifIndex<\/em> column lists a unique number of each adapter, while the InterfaceMetric<\/em> column lists the priority of the adapter. As you can see from the screenshot above, Wi-Fi has a higher connection priority over Ethernet.<\/li>\n

    2. Now, you can use the following command to modify the priority for Ethernet.
      \nSet-NetIPInterface -InterfaceIndex \"ifIndex\" -InterfaceMetric \"InterfaceMetric\"<\/code><\/p>\n

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      In my example, I want to assign higher priority to Ethernet over Wi-Fi, so set its metric to a number smaller than 10 (Wi-Fi’s metric number).\n<\/li>\n

    3. Close the elevated PowerShell window and you’re done!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      When your computer comes with more than one network adapter (such as Ethernet and Wi-Fi), Windows will use priorities to decide which adapter to use. If both Ethernet and Wi-Fi are connected at the same time, we should give priority to LAN over WI-FI as the wired connection is faster. In this tutorial we’ll show […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,1894,3,39],"tags":[3921,3922,3920],"class_list":["post-12488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-10","category-windows-7","category-windows-8","tag-change-network-adapter-priority-windows-10","tag-change-network-connection-priority-windows-10","tag-windows-10-network-adapter-priority"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12488"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12511,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12488\/revisions\/12511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}