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So I have been trying to do this for over 2 days now and I am on the verge of giving up. Basically, I need 2 connections, the Ethernet and Wifi to be enabled at the same time. However, each time I do this, Wifi seems to take advantage over ethernet and I absolutely despise it since my ethernet is 5x faster than wifi.

I tried setting the interface metric of both ethernet and Wifi but no avail. I have no other methods as every. single. forum. post says to set the interface metric. Here is proof of my metrics: enter image description here

As you can see, in both Ipv4 and Ipv6, the Ethernet Interface has a lower metric than the wifi interface, which is what the articles say to do, yet, I go over to the settings and see this:

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If ethernet was being used, this should show up: enter image description here

So my conclusion is that Windows is not listening at all to the Interface metrics or to anything I do for that matter, because even after the metrics have been switched to a suitable value, windows still prefers wireless over ethernet. All drivers are updated and no problems were detected with the adapters. It seems weird since I followed this post and yet over 600 people said their problem was fixed: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-networking-winpc/adapter-priority-setting-unavailable-in-windows-10/d2b63caa-e77c-4b46-88b5-eeeaee00c306.

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    Run TCP/IP Reset and when done try setting the Metric for Ethernet to give it priority. Open cmd.exe with Run as Administrator (1) netsh int ip reset c:\resetlog.txt (2) ipconfig /flushdns (3) restart the computer
    – anon
    Commented Jun 6, 2021 at 15:08
  • I suggest disabling IPv6 for your internal network.
    – harrymc
    Commented Jun 6, 2021 at 15:18
  • @harrymc Would that cause any complications in the future?
    – VJZ
    Commented Jun 6, 2021 at 17:01
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    I tend not to remove ipv6 but short term there should not be an issue.. Long term, I keep both and I do not believe ipv6 is causing the metric issue.
    – anon
    Commented Jun 6, 2021 at 17:28
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    @harrymc It certaintly worked after I disabled IPv6, mind to add a solution so I can accept it so that future comers would find this thread useful?
    – VJZ
    Commented Jun 6, 2021 at 17:37

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The solution here was to disable IPv6. For a home network IPv4 is more than enough internally, and IPv6 may cause unforeseen behavior because by default Windows favors IPv6 addresses over IPv4 addresses.

This is done in Settings > Network & Internet > Status > Change adapter options. Right-click the network adapter, select Properties, Networking tab and uncheck "lnternet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/ IPv6)", then click OK.

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Reference: Guidance for configuring IPv6 in Windows for advanced users.

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