Prefer cable ethernet to WiFi?

Is there somewhere in Windows XP, 7 and 8 to have use the ethernet cable only when it is plugged in even with WiFi enabled or connected?

Hello Dhinged,

Welcome to Microsoft Community forum.

According to your description, it seems that you try to give preference to the Ethernet cable while keeping a Wi - Fi connection enabled. You can turn on Wi - Fi or cable connected at the same time, but you cannot use the Internet from one of them. The computer will prefer the cable if the cable is connected.

If both are capable of providing Internet access, computer will prefer the wired (Ethernet) network to access the Internet (and not use the Wi - Fi network to access the Internet).

The advantage of using two connections is to get Internet access without interruption when a connection does not work.

If your computer is picking up a Wi - Fi connection right now, you can unplug all the connections and then try to first connect the Ethernet cable and wireless.

Hope it would help. If problem persists always post back with the current state of your computer and the result of the proposed suggestion, we will be happy to help you.

Thank you

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