For example, if we put a metric 10 to this wired network adapter, and later we put a metric 5 to a wireless network adapter, the latter will be the one that has priority in the operating system. The lower the number in the interface metric, the higher the priority of the network adapter, and the higher the number of the network adapter, the lower the priority. Right at the bottom we have the option of “Automatic metric” of the network adapter, if we deselect this function and we put a specific metric, we will give priority or not to this network interface.
The gateway with the lowest metric will have the highest priority, as is often the case with routers and networking equipment. For example, if we put a fixed IP, we have the possibility of putting different fixed IP addresses to adapt to the different networks where we are going to connect our PC, by default it is with DHCP, therefore, we will not have this functionality enabled.Īnother option is the possibility of configuring the default gateway with its metric, in this way, we can register different gateways with different priorities. We can add different configurations that we have and give them different types of priorities. This menu is where we can configure our network adapter in an advanced way.
