Shawn,

Do you know how to use netsh to retrieve the priority setting in order to check it?

• I am seeing strange behaviour and want to find out what is going on.
• I have played around with netsh wlan a lot but cannot find any method for getting WiFi network priority out of the profile.
• My previous method of showing relative priorities does not show any change so it does not seem to be valid any more - the command netsh wlan show profiles used to list profiles in their priority order but it currently shows the expected sequence even though the wrong network has been chosen.

Earlier today, two computers connected to the lower priority network even though there did not seem to be any interruption to the higher priority one. Furthermore, they did not switch back automatically even though the lower priority network also has the look for other networks whilst connected to this one ["AutoSwitch"]setting checked [the main network does not have this setting].

Denis

Hello Denis, :)

The command in step 2 of Option Two should show your wireless networks listed in priority order. Top of the list is higher.

Shawn,

"My previous method of showing relative priorities does not show any change so it does not seem to be valid any more - the command netsh wlan show profiles used to list profiles in their priority order but it currently shows the expected sequence even though the wrong network has been chosen."

That's why I hoping to find a direct method of retrieving the priority.

Denis

The higher priority connection sounds to be correct then since it's listed above the lower priority one.

Have you already checked to see if the higher priority connection has "connect automatically" turned on for it?

Turn On or Off Connect Automatically to Wireless Network in Windows 10 Windows 10 Tutorials

Worse case, you should be able to remove the networks from the computers, and then set them back up again to sort it.

Shawn,

Yes, sorry - I had connect automatically set but forgot to mention it.

By the way, the priority order is also shown in Settings, Networks, WiFi, Manage known networks, Sort by - Preference. [Ver 1709, I don't know when this was introduced] It's nice to have an MS confirmation of the relative priorities instead of just concluding it from observations of netsh results.

On one computer, I forgot all my wifi networks [and manually deleted what appeared to be remnant entries in the Registry profile list**] then set them up again.

** When I bought a new phone last Summer, I re-used the WiFi hotspot name ["Fred"] & security key from my old phone. In addition to the expected entry in the Registry profiles I also found an entry [that was actually the one in use] with the profile name Fred 2 & Description Fred yet that profile name was not reported by Netsh / Settings, they only reported Fred. Fred 2 was only shown in the tooltip as I hovered over the network icon in the TaskBar-SystemTray. It is possible that this is the root cause of my problem.

If the problem reoccurs on the other computer but not this one then I will have a decent basis for investigating exactly what is happening.

All the best,
Denis

I look forward to hearing your findings if it should happen again.

Hello Shawn my net connection keeps swapping around even though I set the one connection I want (the fastest one) as Connect automatically so I tried the command prompt method and came up with the following end line - the pic will not attach.
Prioty order for "Telstra6559E7_EXT" is not changed for "WI-FI 2" .

This is the profile which is at the top of the listings of connections

ICIT2LOL said:

Hello Shawn my net connection keeps swapping around even though I set the one connection I want (the fastest one) as Connect automatically so I tried the command prompt method and came up with the following end line - the pic will not attach.
Prioty order for "Telstra6559E7_EXT" is not changed for "WI-FI 2" .

This is the profile which is at the top of the listings of connections

Hello John,

It looks like it's already set with priority 1.