Tips and Tricks for MicrosoftWindows.
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Changing Route Metrics
Via: The ShmooGroup
> Using a Windows XP machine with BlueTooth, I've managed to actually get online through GPRS. > The really stupid thing is that even if I'm also connected to a WiFi network, the much slower > Bluetooth link gets used by default. Can't seem to figure out how to change that. I assume > that WiFi is probably prioritized over ethernet in the same way. Any Window gurus figured > out how to change this? Maybe there's some third party software that makes it work like a > AppleOsx box, where you can put the NICs in the order that you want them used.
Try changing the interface metric under the advanced TCP/IP tab from automatic and set the priority manually by putting the lowest metric number in for the interface that you want the system to use as the default gatway. Windows by default will set the metric based on the speed of the interface, but it doesn't always work well. If multiple interfaces have the same metric, the default gateway of the first network adapter is always used.