Change the priority order of wifi connection and ethernet connection on Windows 10

 

1. Open Settings.
2. Click on Network & Internet.
3. Click on Status.

4. Click the Change Adapter options item.

   
   
   
   

5. Right-click the network adapter you want to prioritize, and select Properties.

   
   
   
   

6. Select the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) item.

7. Click the Properties button.

   
   
   
   

8. In the "General" tab, click the Advanced button.

   
   
   
   

9. Clear the Automatic metric option.

10. In the "Interface metric" field assign a priority value for the adapter.

    
    
    
    

    Quick Tip: The lower the metric number means higher priority, and a higher number indicates lower priority.

11. Click the OK button.
12. Click the OK button again.
13. Click the Close button.

1. Open Start.
2. Search for Windows PowerShell, right-click the top result a select Run as administrator.

3. Type the following command to identify the current interface metric and interface index number and press Enter:

   Get-NetIPInterface

   

4. Type the following command to change the priority order of the network adapter and press Enter:

   Set-NetIPInterface -InterfaceIndex 21 -InterfaceMetric 10

   

   In the command, make sure to change the -InterfaceIndex value to reflect the network adapter you want to prioritize and change the -InterfaceMetric value to assign a priority. Also, remember that a lower metric number means higher priority, and a higher metric number means lower priority.

5. Type the following command to see the new metric applied to the network adapter and press Enter:

   Get-NetIPInterface

   

After completing the steps, Windows 10 will prioritize the network traffic depending on your configuration when multiple network adapters are connected to the network.

At any time, you can go back to the previous behavior allowing Windows 10 to decide the network adapter priority using these steps:

1. Open Start.
2. Search for Windows PowerShell, right-click the top result a select Run as administrator.

3. Type the following command to identify the current interface metric and interface index number and press Enter:

   Set-NetIPInterface -InterfaceIndex 21 -AutomaticMetric enabled

   

   In the command, make sure to change the -InterfaceIndex value with the correct number of the network adapter you want to apply an automatic metric.