Windows 10: When connecting Ethernet, wifi is disabled. I need to enable both simultaneously

My windows version is 10.0.19043 Build 19043I added fMinimizeConnections and configured it to 0 but this didn't helpI can see this in Event Viewer

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auto disabling of wifi when ethernet connected

Thank you very much for your reply.

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How to connect to an existing wifi network?

As you suggested, I tried disabling the ethernet adapter and that caused wi-fi to connect, so the desktop wifi does work. Also, I accessed the router and changed the wireless network name (to wfCHS). Thanks!

However many problems are still unresolved:

My laptop behaves just as I want it to. Assuming the router has wifi turned on and the laptop has an ethernet connection, connection to the internet is by ethernet (no private network name), and the wi-fi connection is to my private network "wfCHS", but with no connection to the internet. (If I disconnect the ethernet cable, then wfCHS becomes connected to the internet and stays that way even if I reconnect the cable.) A directory listing shows both laptop and desktop under "Network". Great!

Things are rather different with the desktop. With Ethernet disabled, the desktop shows a wi-fi connection to the internet. Under Settings > Status it's called "wfCHS" but under Network Connections it's called wfCHS2. If I then re-enable the ethernet connection, the wifi connection stays enabled for a minute or two, then disconnects. Further, the ethernet connection is given the name wfCHS2 under both Status and Network Connections.

Why does the desktop give an (unwanted) name to the ethernet connection while the laptop doesn't?

Why does the desktop disconnect its wi-fi connection a minute or so after the ethernet connection is enabled, while the laptop doesn't?

Why does the desktop give two different names to the wifi connection, depending on whether it's viewed under Status or Network Connections, while the laptop doesn't?

Why does the laptop show the desktop under Network, while the desktop shows only itself?

Things are so convoluted that I'd be happy to start over. I've had the desktop "forget" the wi-fi connection as you suggested, then re-established it, but this hasn't helped. Can the ethernet connection also be "forgotten"?

Really appreciate the help you've given so far!

 

Ethernet and WiFi Adapter Disabling on Connection

Hello everyone. I'm having a problem sometimes using Ethernet or WiFi with this laptop. It's a relatively new laptop running Windows 10. I live in China, if that's any help.

At the school where I work, using Ethernet works fine everywhere that I can remember trying it on campus, except for in my office. I spent some time with the computer people at the school, and they were unable to figure out what the issue is. They can use the
Ethernet in my office just fine, but I can't. When I plug in the Ethernet cable, my Ethernet adapter gets disabled and shows as being grayed out for a few moments, then comes back as enabled but doesn't recognize that the cable is plugged in. If I unplug the
cable and plug it back in, the same thing happens again. I tried plugging directly into the school's router, and if I remember correctly, the same thing happens there, so it appears to not be an issue with the cabling that goes to my office.

Strangely enough, I'm having the same issue with WiFi, but only with one WiFi network that I know of, and at a coffee shop, not at my school. When I try to connect to this WiFi network, it prompts me for the password, then tries to connect and exhibits the
same behaviour as when I have the problem using Ethernet: the WiFi adapter gets disabled for a few moments and then comes back enabled, not connected to any WiFi network. I can connect to other WiFi networks just fine.

Any ideas on what might be causing this?