High-speed Internet connection selection order (non-dialup)

[John Hupp]

For computers that have more than one active high-speed Internet connection
(e.g. Ethernet LAN and wireless LAN), how does Windows XP or Internet
Explorer choose which connection to use? Can I read or set the connection
selection order in some GUI interface or the Registry?

I ask this because I would like a clean method of assuring that a video
streaming client (an Internet Explorer add-on) chooses the faster LAN
connection if it is active. I want a better method than disconnecting a
plug or temporarily disabling one of the connections.

--John Hupp

 

[Jack \(MVP-Networking\).]

Hi
May be this can Help, http://www.ezlan.net/metrics.html
Jack (MVP-Network

 

[John Hupp]

Thanks, Jack, that is just the answer I was looking for.

From what Windows popup Help says about the Metrics field, I also conclude
that when Windows finds more than one active connection, it *should* use the
fastest one based on an automatically calculated metric.

--John