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sharing network connections - big picture
HI all,
been running fine on an ethernet connection, but wanted to see the wifi connection options
in Windows 10. Got an old USB Ralink network adapter, set a restore point and plugged it in.
Drivers installed and active within seconds.
Went to settings network and internet/wifi and connected to my router.
In control panel network and sharing center (see below), it shows both networks active.
How is this typically handled? If you start Edge or Firefox how do you control which one it uses?
What if you wanted to stop one temporarily? Do you have to go to device manager and disable
the HW, or is there something else, perhaps in the Network Sharing Center that controls this?
Thanks for any info
Edit - I did a little more research, apparently Windows, doesn't really let you choose on an App. basis,
but uses the one with the higher priority. It may be possible to use ipconfig /release to temporarily disable
the connection you want to stop, but I can't get the syntax to work. Apparently,
> ipconfig /release *Con* ... release all matching connections,
eg. "Wired Ethernet Connection 1" or
"Wired Ethernet Connection 2"
this is the info given in ipconfig /? - but not sure what to put for *con*
Anybody have any experience with two connections like this? (I know it's an unusual scenario, but I thought I would ask)
EDIT 2
This is the ipconfig syntax. if the command "ipconfig" shows
Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe84::a856:f692:de91:fbc%10
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.106
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
You can use
ipconfig /release "wi-fi"
and
ipconfig /release6 "wi-fi"
to release ipv4 and ipv6 respectively.
Last edited by davexnet; 08 Nov 2015 at 16:53.