Hi, I run an Ethernet cable to my modem for my Windows 10 PC. But unfortunately I have a lot of drop outs where the internet just stops (something I am taking up with my provider) and I have a pocket wifi to use as a back up. My PC can find the wifi and connect but the only way I can get it to connect is by pulling out the blue Ethernet cable from the actual pc. (When I say connect, I mean it is 'connected' already but not in use, the small box appears for the ethernet cable rather than the wifi icon) I would like to know if there is a way to either run the wifi simultaneously with the Ethernet cable plugged in or if there is a way to 'turn off' the Ethernet connection from my pc when it goes down, so that I dont have to keep unplugging it. I am not very technically minded and am worried if I go into advanced network settings etc that I might not be able to get the Ethernet working again once it is plugged in and back up and running.
Any advice would be appreciated, thanks. You can have both plugged in and still work. Each NIC is assigned a metric and the NIC with the lowest metric will be used. If in your are the wired NIC is still seen as available but in fact it's having problems the computer will still try and use it unless you unplug the cable. If your computer supports a feature called LAN/WLAN switching that may work in your case that may work or may suffer from the same problem in which the wired NIC is still detected as connected and it won't switch.
Learn how to share the internet from Mac over WiFi or Ethernet with the help of simple settings on your MAC that will allow you to share your data over the network. So follow the tutorial to proceed. T he internet could be the powerhouse for your work on the projects, data or anything that is online like downloading of the material, etc. Jan 24, 2014 - More about enable internet intranet ethernet work time. There really is no solution for this other than to use a DNS server that will resolve. Of course you can have Ethernet and wifi adapters both connected and working. (after taking a note of it) so that the lan and wireless gateways were not conflicting.
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If you are only having an issue with the wired connection why not just stay on wireless? You can have both plugged in and still work. Each NIC is assigned a metric and the NIC with the lowest metric will be used. If in your are the wired NIC is still seen as available but in fact it's having problems the computer will still try and use it unless you unplug the cable. If your computer supports a feature called LAN/WLAN switching that may work in your case that may work or may suffer from the same problem in which the wired NIC is still detected as connected and it won't switch.
If you are only having an issue with the wired connection why not just stay on wireless?Hi, thanks for the reply. Not sure what NIC is? What you said though is what I was hoping would happen, the computer would detect that the Ethernet connection is cut/extremely slow and auto-switch to the Wifi but this does not happen, it just stays on the Ethenet connection unless I unplug it. The reason I don't want to always use wireless is that I have paid quite a lot of money for a large data plan and would be ripping myself off if I continually used the pocket wifi. I play Poker online and having the internet cut out intermittently continually then having to run around unplugging things etc causes me frustration and costs me money. I also have 2 screens so when I am playing poker sometimes I will have Youtube open or general web surfing and all of this would cut into my pocket wifi allowance which is expensive and mainly for travelling etc. So is there no way to switch between the two or turn off the Ethernet via PC until it comes good again?