In article <OAPrXbASHHA.3500@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl>, Jim Millard
>With versions prior to vista, it was possible to set a hierarchy or
>order to multiple physical NICs; the net result was that if two or more
>NICs were attached to the same network, one could be sure that the
>higher priority NIC would end up with a lower metric for routing
>purposes. This comes in especially handy when you have a laptop with
>both a wired & wireless connection to the same LAN: The default for XP
>(for some retarded reason) was to use the wireless before the wired, and
>I'd always have to go into the advanced network settings and fix the
>preference order, as the wired connection was always faster and more
>reliable than the wireless.
>I can't find anything in the Vista network setup to let me manage this,
>but it also may be irrelevant: the result of "route print" shows that my
>wireless adapter has a higher metric, giving priority to my wired
>connection. Just the same, I'd like to be able to force it if it ever
>reverts to the other way...
Go to Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center > Manage Network
Connections, which is the same as the Network Connections folder in
XP. You can open a connection's TCP/IPv4 properties and set a metric
just like in XP.
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
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