mbreslin1954 said:
Bring up your "Network and Sharing Center" window. Click on the "Change Adapter Settings" link at the upper left of the window. This will bring up your network connections, any network adapters you have. It should have a wired network connection and a wireless one.
- Right-mouse click on the wired connection, then left-click on Properties.
- Double-click on "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)"
- Click on the "Advanced" button at the bottom right of the window.
- Remove the checkmark from "Automatic metric" at the bottom left of the window
- Inside the "Interface metric" field near that removed checkmark, type "1". This will give your wired network port the highest priority.
- Click OK, OK, and OK.
Do the same thing for the wireless network connection, except in the "Interface metric" field, type something larger than "1", such as "10". That will ensure that the wireless network port is the last one chosen for communications.
That's the only way I know of to prioritize network ports when there are two or more of them on a PC.
Dear mbreslin1954:
Thank you for your step-by-step guide on how to prioritize my wired network over the wireless one for my desktop computer. I suspect it would have taken more than a couple of google searches to come up with the same info you provided me here.
I did exactly what you wrote and so I expect that my desktop will not default to the wired network. I also thought that I could run a cable bandwidth speed test on my network that would probably confirm what network the desktop is running on now. Alas, I do not have a wirelessly configured laptop computer to compare my findings, but I think I can still make an educated guess nonetheless.
Again, thanks so much. Take care.