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   Message 54,297 of 55,960   
   Andy Burns to Char Jackson   
   Re: Switching between Internet connectio   
   11 Jul 17 10:48:52   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, sci.electronics.repair   
   From: usenet@andyburns.uk   
      
   Char Jackson wrote:   
      
   > "route print" gets you the interface numbers, as well as the current   
   > metrics.   
   >   
   > Plug the interface number into the following command to set the new   
   > metric. (Following command uses 25 as the interface number.)   
   >   
   > netsh interface ipv4 set interface 25 metric=2   
   >   
   > When you're tired of it, set it back to automatic like this:   
   >   
   > netsh interface ipv4 set interface 25 metric=automatic   
      
   of if you want to be able to switch seamlessly from wifi to wired   
   ethernet, create a bridge of the two NICs, and let the IP address get   
   assigned to the bridge, rather than having IP addresses assigned to each   
   individual NIC.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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