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how to switch between wifi and cable?
- 09-26-2016
- petrus bitbyter
September 26, 2016, 10:50 am
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So I have a laptop that has to be connected to a network. Depending on
circomstances the network has either wifi or cable . But changing is a real
pain as browsers do not swich automatically. Today it's on W10 but on W7 and
XP it did not work too often. On W7 and XP it sometimes helped to switch
off wifi or disconnect the cable. But on W10 it does not seem to make a
difference. Renewing the settings (ipconfig /release and /renew) does nor
work either. Anyone can tell how to force a browser to use the resource
wanted?
petrus bitbyter
circomstances the network has either wifi or cable . But changing is a real
pain as browsers do not swich automatically. Today it's on W10 but on W7 and
XP it did not work too often. On W7 and XP it sometimes helped to switch
off wifi or disconnect the cable. But on W10 it does not seem to make a
difference. Renewing the settings (ipconfig /release and /renew) does nor
work either. Anyone can tell how to force a browser to use the resource
wanted?
petrus bitbyter
Re: how to switch between wifi and cable?
Read about "route metrics". The value (or rather cost) of the metric
determines the cheapest route to the internet. Here's a bad example
from my machine:
It's a bad example because I have two routes (ethernet and wi-fi) both
going to the same wireless router, making it difficult to distinguish
between them.
Windoze has a feature called "automatic metric" that is suppose to
deal with selecting the preferred route:
"An explanation of the Automatic Metric feature for IPv4 routes"
<https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/299540
The problem is that ethernet and wi-fi have the same metric value.
You can change the metric value from the CMD line to select your
favorite route.
"Forcing Windows 7 to use wired when available"
<http://blog.yeshere.org/2011/06/forcing-windows-7-to-use-wired-when.html
However, I'm lazy. I just go to the wi-fi adapter icon buried
somewhere in the control panel, right click, and enable/disable as
required.
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