Tuesday Tech Tip: Prioritize Your Wired Connection
Flickr CC Andreas Beer
Is you have a laptop you’re probably using a WiFi connection most of the time. But there are situation when you’re connected to an Ethernet cable since that will give you a much faster connection. (For example, I plug in when my laptop is on my desk in my office, but usually on the WiFi anywhere else.) However, depending on how Windows networking is configured, even if you connect a wire, it may still us the WiFi connection.
According to Lifehacker, follow these steps to give your Ethernet connection priority so whenever you’re wired, Windows will be sure to use that wire.
Go to Network Connections under the Control Panel
Under the file menu, go to Advanced > Advanced Settings
In the Adapters and Bindings tab, click on the connection you want prioritized (e.g., the ethernet connection) and use the up arrow to move it to the top of the list
Michael Sauers is currently the Director of Technology for Do Space in Omaha, NE. Michael has been training librarians in technology for the past twenty years and has also been a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, serials cataloger, technology consultant, and bookseller since earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany’s School of Information Science and Policy. Michael has also written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and his fourteenth book, Emerging Technologies: A Primer for Librarians (w/ Jennifer Koerber) was published in May 2015 and more books are on the way. In his spare time he blogs at travelinlibrarian.info, runs The Collector’s Guide to Dean Koontz Web site, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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One Reply to “Tuesday Tech Tip: Prioritize Your Wired Connection”
Hi Michael,
mind to properly attribute my Creative Commons photo? As a flickr user you probably know how to do that, and just forgot 😉
Thanks,
Andreas
Hi Michael,
mind to properly attribute my Creative Commons photo? As a flickr user you probably know how to do that, and just forgot 😉
Thanks,
Andreas