Any software to switch between Ethernet and Wifi

roccles · 16 Dec 2019 at 10:23

I have poor home fibre internet (around 10 meg) but the ping is good so I use this for for online games etc. But I also have a 4G unlimited internet that I connect to via WiFi when I want to do download stuff. At the moment I manually switch between the 2 by disabling the Ethernet in Control Panel -> network connection. Works fine just a bit of a faff

Just wondering does anyone know of any cheap or free software that will do this for me? I know it will only save me a few clicks but would be nice to have.

Cheers

Kreeeee · 16 Dec 2019 at 10:30

Create a batch file to disable/enable the wired network adaptor.

You could then assign a keyboard shortcut to run it if you want.

bledd · 16 Dec 2019 at 10:56

Rename your Wifi connection's network adaptor to 'Wifi'
-Network and Sharing Center, Change adaptor settings, right click connection, rename

Open up notepad, type this in..

netsh interface set interface "Wifi" disabled

Save this as woff.bat (not woff.bat.txt) on your Desktop

Open up notepad, type this in..

netsh interface set interface "Wifi" enabled

Save this as won.bat (not won.bat.txt) on your Desktop

Now copy won.bat and woff.bat into the folder..

C:\Windows\System32

Now to run these, simply, WINKEY + R (run box) and type

woff
Hit enter (this will turn it off)

won
Hit enter (this will turn it on)

To test the command first, open up a CMD window and type in..

netsh interface set interface "Wifi" disabled

edit
-If you don't fancy using the Run box. Pop them in a folder somewhere, then right click the Taskbar, Toolbars, New toolbar, select that folder. This will make them appear on the Taskbar as links you can click.

roccles · 16 Dec 2019 at 11:31

@Kreeeee @bledd Thank you very much that sounds prefect. I will try it out when I get home.

Deleted member 77746 · 16 Dec 2019 at 12:16

woff / won lol this reminds me of wagwan you trying to make some new language up @bledd

bledd · 16 Dec 2019 at 13:03

mrbell1984 said:
woff / won lol this reminds me of wagwan you trying to make some new language up @bledd

woff off will you, it's Christmas

Deleted member 77746 · 16 Dec 2019 at 14:15

bledd said:
woff off will you, it's Christmas

wagwan it's pepper pig

Rroff · 16 Dec 2019 at 14:49

I've been trying to crack this one, without resorting to 3rd party software, for awhile. Having moved to a location where I'm dependant on more than one connection to make up for a lack of speed or latency on any one connection.

There are various ways to trick the shell into displaying the adaptor list but not quite in a useful way.

Currently I have Networks pinned to the taskbar via creating a blank textfile, renaming it blah.exe and pinning to the taskbar then modifying it to point to %windir%\explorer.exe ::{7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E} (and renaming and changing the icon on the shortcut). Not sure off the top of my head if I used the same approach on my Windows 10 systems will have to check.

EDIT: It is possible to add them as an expandable list in a toolbar but this will look a bit messy

as the toolbars especially with large icons don't format nicely with other entries on the taskbar by adding a folder called Networks.{7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E} in the Links toolbar.