How to arrange network connection on Windows 10

Every laptop has a LAN connection and WiFi connection so you can choose to use and change the connection to WiFi, if the network has problems. By default, Windows 10 automatically prioritizes the order of network connections, based on many parameters. But you do not always want to connect to the network in the default priority order available. For example, instead of the need to connect to Wi-Fi by default, when you plug in the wired network you want to connect the wired network, or vice versa. The following article will guide you how to order Windows 10 network connection.

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Instructions to arrange the order to connect Windows 10 network via Adapter Settings

Step 1:

Click the Settings icon and then click Network & Internet .

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Step 2:

Switch to the new Status section on the left side of the interface, look to the right of the Change your network settings section and click Change Adapter options .

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Step 3:

Network connections appear on the computer. You right-click on the network connection to adjust the connection priority mode and select Properties .

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Step 4:

In the new interface, select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP / IPv4) and then click the Properties button.

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Step 5:

At the next interface click on the General tab and then click on the Advanced button .

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In this new interface uncheck the Automatic metric and then in Interface metric , the smaller the number, the higher the priority of the connection, the higher the lower the priority. If you enter the network connection port 5, which the WiFi connection port is 6, the wired network is prioritized to connect first.

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When changing the Interface metric parameter at this network connection, you also change the same parameters on other network connections to prioritize network connectivity on Windows 10. The computer will now connect to the network in order. priority that the user has set.

Use the PowerShell command to change the network connection priority

If you wish, you can also use the PowerShell cmdlet (the shortened command used in the Windows PowerShell environment) to change the priority of the network connection. In fact, if you feel comfortable using PowerShell, this option is easier than the first method. All you have to do is find the interface index (the unique identifier associated with the physical interface or logic) and set the priority level.

1. To change the priority for network connectivity through PowerShell, you need admin rights. Search for PowerShell in the Start menu and select the 'Run as administrator' option .

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2. We need to find the interface index of the network adapter, by executing the Get-NetIPInterface and PowerShell commands that will list all network adapters. You will see the interface index number under the 'ifIndex' section. Note the number of interface indexes of the network adapter. In this example is 17.

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3. Once you have the interface index number of the network adapter, use the command below. Replacement INTERFACE_INDEX equals the actual interface index number and PRIORITY with a specific priority number (less than or equal to 10).

 Set-NetIPInterface -InterfaceIndex INTERFACE_INDEX -InterfaceMetric PRIORITY 

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4. To verify changes, execute the cmdlet Get-NetIPInterface. As you can see, the priority for network connectivity has changed from 25 to 10.

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5. Restart the system to apply the changes.

6. In the future, if you want Windows to handle network connection priority, just execute the command below. Remember to replace INTERFACE_INDEX with the actual index interface of network adapter.

 Set-NetIPInterface -InterfaceIndex 21 -AutomaticMetric enabled 

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I wish you all success!