XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, sci.electronics.repair   
   From: lifewoutmilk@distraction.x10host.com   
      
   Bram van den Heuvel wrote on 7/10/2017 7:14 PM:   
   > How does Windows 10 handle manual & automatic switching between Internet   
   > WiFi & Ethernet connections?   
   >   
   > Does it automatically switch based on the best signal strength?   
   > Or does it automatically switch based on some test speed?   
   >   
   > If I want to manually change from one connection to the other, how do I do   
   > that?   
   >   
   > # I have a desktop with no WiFi card.   
   > # On a USB port, I have a $25 AC1200 TP Link "T4U" wifi dongle   
   >    (FCCID TE7T4U, IC 8853A-T4U) https://fccid.io/TE7T4U   
   > # On the Ethernet port, I have an Ubiquiti Nanobeam M2 (802.11n)   
   >    (FCCID SWX-NBM2HP, IC 6545A-NBM2HP)   
   >   
   > My two questions are   
   > 1. How does Windows automatically decide which to use?   
   > 2. How do I manually switch from one to the other?   
   >   
      
      
      
   > The Automatic Metric feature can be useful when the routing table contains   
   multiple routes for the same destination. For example, if you have a computer   
   with a 10 megabit (Mb) network interface and a 100 Mb network interface, and   
   the computer has a    
   default gateway that is configured on both network interfaces, the Automatic   
   Metric feature assigns a higher metric to the slower network interface. This   
   feature can force all of the traffic that is destined for the Internet, for   
   example, to use the    
   fastest network interface that is available.   
      
   Basically, Windows chooses the fastest link. You can override this by   
   adjusting the automatically assigned metric. To adjust the metric, open   
   the adapter properties > Internet Protocol Version 4 > General >   
   Advanced and disable Automatic metric. The adapter with the lowest value   
   is the one Windows will choose.   
      
   If you only need a particular adapter to be used temporarily, it might   
   be easier to either manually disconnect from wireless or disable the   
   adapter (right-click > Disable), rather than setting the metric manually.   
      
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