Having multiple network connections is fairly normal on Windows 10. For example, my laptop has an ethernet port, WiFi card, and often I even connect my mobile phone to connect to the web via USB tethering or hotspot.

If you are using multiple network connections at the same time, Windows protects the network priority. The highest priority network is what you utilize. As possible guess, network priority reduces any potential network conflicts.

Thankfully, you can easily alter the network priority with just several clicks. By changing the network priority, you are able to prioritize one network within the other. Simply put, rather than letting Windows decide the network priority, you are able to set your personal so that you can use the network of your choice. Just follow the below steps out of the box and you ought to good.

Note: The below steps are applicable to Windows 7 and Windows 8 too.

Network Connection Priority

To change network priority, Windows provides all of the relevant options in the adapter settings window. All we must do is, set the priority and apply the changes.

To make things easier, we are only likely to alter the network priority of connection you need to prioritize.

For example, when I'm using the internet via USB tethering, I want that connection to be prioritized over the regular ethernet connection or router WiFi connection. This way, I'm able to use mobile data after i have connectivity problems with broadband. I haven't got to disable the ethernet adapter just to force the bond.

Windows uses numbers to set automatic priority. Typically, Windows uses numbers over 15 for all the network connections. The larger the number, the lower would be the priority. So, we will set the network priority to 10 for the connection in our choice. That way, it will likely be prioritized over all the other connections.

Steps to alter Network Connection Priority

1. Open the beginning menu, look for Network Status and then click it. You may also click on the Internet icon on the taskbar and then click the Network & Internet Settings link.

2. Within the Network Status window, click the Change Adapter Options button appearing under Change Your Network Settings section.

3. The above mentioned action will open the Network Adapter page in the Control Panel. Here, discover the adapter you need to the modification the priority of, right-click and select Properties.

4. In the properties window select Intenet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and click on the Properties button.

5. Here, make sure you are within the General tab. Next, click on the Advanced button appearing at the bottom of the window.

6. Now, uncheck the automated Metric checkbox and enter 10 within the Interface Metric field. Click on the Ok button in order to save changes.

7. Click Ok and Close buttons on the other Windows.

8. Reboot Windows to make the changes apply.

That's it. From now on, the network connection will be prioritized over the other connections.