Hi, my PC is in a separate room from the router. Usually I have no problem in downloading stuffs through wifi but today is very slow for unknown reason. So I connected one end of a CAT6a ethernet cable to the 1G port at the back of the router and another end to my PC which as a 1G and a 10G Ethernet ports (tried both). I followed the steps shown in the link below.
In Windows 10's Settings > Network and Internet > Status, both Ethernet and Wi-Fi are shown. Under options to change adapters, I see Ethernet, Ethernet2 Wi-Fi 2, VMware Network Adapter VMnet1 and VMware Network Adapter VMnet8. In addition, a Bluetooth Network Connection icon has a red cross in front.
Q1: How come when I went to PowerShell as an administrator and executed a Get-NetIPInterface command, Ethernet 2 is not shown?
Q2: Ethernet has ifIndex 11.
I executed the command: set-NetIPInterface -InterfaceIndex 11 -InterfaceMetric 1
and used Get-NetIPInterface to confirm that the InterfaceMetric for Ethernet has been set to 1.
Does 1 mean the highest priority? I think I read that the lower the number the highest the priority. I have not seen any guide using 1 though.
Q3: In this setting, does that mean if there is a wire connecting the PC and the router, the ethernet card will be used. However, if the cable is disconnected, the PC will automatically use Wi-Fi2 which has an InterfaceMetric value 35?
Q4: How come even a cable is used, under Downloads, the connection is jumping somewhere between around 9.6KB/s and 30KB/s? Most of the time around 10KB/s. Seems to be quite slow especially if the ethernet connection is used.
How to change the priority order of network adapters on Windows 10
If you use multiple network adapters on your Windows 10 PC, in this guide, we'll show you the steps to prioritize each one in two different ways.
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In Windows 10's Settings > Network and Internet > Status, both Ethernet and Wi-Fi are shown. Under options to change adapters, I see Ethernet, Ethernet2 Wi-Fi 2, VMware Network Adapter VMnet1 and VMware Network Adapter VMnet8. In addition, a Bluetooth Network Connection icon has a red cross in front.
Q1: How come when I went to PowerShell as an administrator and executed a Get-NetIPInterface command, Ethernet 2 is not shown?
Q2: Ethernet has ifIndex 11.
I executed the command: set-NetIPInterface -InterfaceIndex 11 -InterfaceMetric 1
and used Get-NetIPInterface to confirm that the InterfaceMetric for Ethernet has been set to 1.
Does 1 mean the highest priority? I think I read that the lower the number the highest the priority. I have not seen any guide using 1 though.
Q3: In this setting, does that mean if there is a wire connecting the PC and the router, the ethernet card will be used. However, if the cable is disconnected, the PC will automatically use Wi-Fi2 which has an InterfaceMetric value 35?
Q4: How come even a cable is used, under Downloads, the connection is jumping somewhere between around 9.6KB/s and 30KB/s? Most of the time around 10KB/s. Seems to be quite slow especially if the ethernet connection is used.
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