Windows 2008 change order of network adapters

Thanks for your feedback. The ethernet adapter is disabled and no network cable is attached to the laptop. The wifi adapter appears next in the sequence and is enabled. The default network access is set to connect automatically I would like to know how to change the sequence of the adapters so that it checks wifi first before it is connected to the internet Thank you. I have the same question 0.

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Irisdiel H. Hello, Ntracs my name is Irisdiel and I am an independent advisor. Today I will be helping you solve your issue. I will be inserting some steps down below that hopefully help. The computer will now follow an order when connections are available. Privacy policy. In Windows Server and Windows 10, you can use the interface metric to configure the order of network interfaces. These two methods for ordering network interfaces are not available in Windows Server and Windows Instead, you can use the new method for setting the enumerated order of network adapters by configuring the interface metric of each adapter.

When network traffic routes are chosen and you have configured the InterfaceMetric parameter of the Set-NetIPInterface command, the overall metric that is used to determine the interface preference is the sum of the route metric and the interface metric. Typically, the interface metric gives preference to a particular interface, such as using wired if both wired and wireless are available. The order in which adapters appear in a list is determined by the IPv4 or IPv6 interface metric.

Turns out Microsoft hid it from us, sort of What you do is go to Network and Sharing Center and click on the change adapter settings link. From there, if you have the Desktop Experience installed, you might not have the menu bar running across the top. You need to hit the Alt button on your keyboard in order to get the menu bar to show up. From the Advanced menu option, click Advanced Settings. What will load is a funky little window with your adapters in the top part, and the bindings associated with the adapters on the bottom.

For our purposes, you can ignore the bottom part of the window. We are only concerned with the top part. In the top part you see all of your network adapters.