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Wired or Wireless?

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Spawndude

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I have two network cards, a wired and wireless.

If I'm in range of a WAP and I'm also connected via rj45 which connection will the computer use, wired or wireless?
 
Im not sure of which is the default but you check by doing this:

Right click My network places > Properties > Advanced > Advanced Settings

There is a list there of your connections, the highest is the default(most priority) and you can change the order.
 
From my experience, it will tend to use the wireless.

I have also found that you can go to the Advanced TCP/IP properties, and manually set Gateway Metrics for each connection, so it will use the one you specify. I can't remember whether it is a higher or lower number it will use first 🙂 Best way is to change the values of both, and try transferring a file, and see which connection it is using (open up Task Manager and go to the Networking tab)


Confused
 
Originally posted by: Confused
From my experience, it will tend to use the wireless.

I have also found that you can go to the Advanced TCP/IP properties, and manually set Gateway Metrics for each connection, so it will use the one you specify. I can't remember whether it is a higher or lower number it will use first 🙂 Best way is to change the values of both, and try transferring a file, and see which connection it is using (open up Task Manager and go to the Networking tab)


Confused
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It's lower metric first.
 
Originally posted by: amdfanboy
Originally posted by: Confused
From my experience, it will tend to use the wireless.

I have also found that you can go to the Advanced TCP/IP properties, and manually set Gateway Metrics for each connection, so it will use the one you specify. I can't remember whether it is a higher or lower number it will use first 🙂 Best way is to change the values of both, and try transferring a file, and see which connection it is using (open up Task Manager and go to the Networking tab)


Confused
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It's lower metric first.
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Cheers, I thought it was that, but wasn't going to commit myself to one way or the other as I was unsure 😉😛


Confused
 
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