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Given two active Network adapters for Wi-Fi and Ethernet, which one is set as the default on Windows 11?

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Specs

Microsoft Windows 11 Pro
Version 10.0.22631 Build 22631

Problem

Two connections, one Computer.

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Recently playing games and surfing the web was very glitchy and slow. Somehow, the Wi-Fi was the active connection instead of the more reliable ethernet.

Question

Is there a way on Windows 11 to specify the order of connections so that the ethernet takes precedence?

To show Connected interfaces, I've run this PowerShell Command:

Get-NetIPInterface | Where-Object { $_.ConnectionState -eq 'Connected' }

The output lists the InterfaceMetric

ifIndex InterfaceAlias                  AddressFamily NlMtu(Bytes) InterfaceMetric Dhcp     ConnectionState PolicyStore------- --------------                  ------------- ------------ --------------- ----     --------------- -----------6       VMware Network Adapter VMnet8   IPv6                 65536              35 Enabled  Connected       ActiveStore20      VMware Network Adapter VMnet1   IPv6                  1500              35 Enabled  Connected       ActiveStore25      Ethernet 2                      IPv6                  1500              35 Enabled  Connected       ActiveStore13      Wi-Fi                           IPv6                  1500              35 Enabled  Connected       ActiveStore1       Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1     IPv6            4294967295              75 Disabled Connected       ActiveStore6       VMware Network Adapter VMnet8   IPv4                 65536              35 Enabled  Connected       ActiveStore20      VMware Network Adapter VMnet1   IPv4                  1500              35 Disabled Connected       ActiveStore25      Ethernet 2                      IPv4                  1500              35 Enabled  Connected       ActiveStore13      Wi-Fi                           IPv4                  1500              35 Enabled  Connected       ActiveStore1       Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1     IPv4            4294967295              75 Disabled Connected       ActiveStore

Notice the Wi-Fi and Ethernet both have the same metric 35?

Update

Based upon the answer, I've changed the metric for Ethernet to 1 and Wi-Fi to 2, then REBOOTED. The metrics have now changed to 1 and 2. :)

ifIndex InterfaceAlias                  AddressFamily NlMtu(Bytes) InterfaceMetric Dhcp     ConnectionState PolicyStore------- --------------                  ------------- ------------ --------------- ----     --------------- -----------6       VMware Network Adapter VMnet8   IPv6                 65536              35 Enabled  Connected       ActiveStore20      VMware Network Adapter VMnet1   IPv6                  1500              35 Enabled  Connected       ActiveStore25      Ethernet 2                      IPv6                  1500              35 Enabled  Connected       ActiveStore13      Wi-Fi                           IPv6                  1500              45 Enabled  Connected       ActiveStore1       Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1     IPv6            4294967295              75 Disabled Connected       ActiveStore6       VMware Network Adapter VMnet8   IPv4                 65536              35 Enabled  Connected       ActiveStore20      VMware Network Adapter VMnet1   IPv4                  1500              35 Disabled Connected       ActiveStore25      Ethernet 2                      IPv4                  1500               1 Enabled  Connected       ActiveStore13      Wi-Fi                           IPv4                  1500               2 Enabled  Connected       ActiveStore1       Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1     IPv4            4294967295              75 Disabled Connected       ActiveStore

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