Windows 10: Permanently prefer wifi connection over LAN

I'm out in the country and have a very poor landline internet connection, the laptop is connected to my home network via a LAN cable. I have better internet connectivity via a mobile phone hotspot, and this is connected via Wifi to the laptop and this is where I want to direct my internet traffic to.Ideally, I want the laptop to be able to force all internet traffic via the wifi connection, and have ONLY local traffic destined for other computer on network, NAS etc go down the LAN connection.I have read multiple methods of acheiving this, from setting the network metric, changing the order o

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how to set wifi connection as preferred one over ethernet connection when connected at a time

Hi Bhavani,

Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

I understand that you would like to set Wifi as the preferred connection when you have both the wifi and Ethernet connected to the computer. I will be glad to assist you with this.

Follow the steps below and check if it helps:

1. Press Windows key + R to open the run command.

2. Type ncpa.cpl and press enter.

3. Press Alt, click on advanced and select
advanced settings.

4. Under connections in advanced settings, you will see both wifi and Ethernet listed.

5. Click on "wifi" and click on the green arrow
pointing up.

6. This will move wifi to the top.

The next time you access the internet, the wifi connection will be set as the first preference.

Hope this helps.

Do let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to help.