When you connect to a WiFi Connection, must you also unplug the Ethernet cable to be on the WiFi, or what must you do, because I was experimenting with my smartphone HOT SPOT connection, and it was connected, with a strong signal, but I appeared to be up on the Ethernet instead, till I unplugged that cable.
TIA for answer answers
Mac mini, macOS 10.15
Check System Preferences->Network. Is the ethernet connection at the top of the list? If it is, all network access will default to that. If you want to change the priority, click the little icon pointed to in the screen shot and then select "Set Service order". Be sure that your hot spot is connected before doing that.
Then, when you are not connected to the hot spot, your internet connection will drop to the next active connection on the list.
Check System Preferences->Network. Is the ethernet connection at the top of the list? If it is, all network access will default to that. If you want to change the priority, click the little icon pointed to in the screen shot and then select "Set Service order". Be sure that your hot spot is connected before doing that.
Then, when you are not connected to the hot spot, your internet connection will drop to the next active connection on the list.
Go to Apple > System Preferences > Network > click the Option box and select Set Service Order....
Then drag the preferred "Wi-Fi in your case" to the top of the Service list and click OK.
Hi Matti
I do not have a faster Wi-Fi network or Hotspot to test, so I can only test Ethernet and Wi-Fi coming from the same modem/router. To answer what I think your question is... Yes it does always default to the faster service which is Ethernet, when both are available.
Dennis
With me, both my Wife'd Verizon HOT spot & my T-Mobile Hot spot Speed tests faster, but I only can get where we live, with AT&T, 18Mbps, is what I pay for, but actually get near 23. With the Cell HOT SPOTS, in the mid 30s.
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den.thed wrote:
Hi Matti
I do not have a faster Wi-Fi network or Hotspot to test, so I can only test Ethernet and Wi-Fi coming from the same modem/router. To answer what I think your question is... Yes it does always default to the faster service which is Ethernet, when both are available.
Dennis
it will be default use the one it view as the fastest or the one with the lowest metric set
Does the system respect Service order even if some service set lower might be faster?
To be sure, I have disconnected all services I am not testing (unplug Ethernet cable, disable Wi-Fi etc).
Sorry, I must be a Dummy, not getting what you are saying, because not removing the Ethernet cable it appeared to stay on the Ethernet, yet speed testing, the Cell phone WiFi HOT SPOT is way faster than my ST&T Internet connection
Well haven't done that yet, but saving this one in my SAVED folder, for the next time. Really no reason to use it, but now know how. Was experimenting with something yesterday evening :-). Bye all.
You people are great :-)
Thanks all very much. Will try that the very next time I use that Hot Spot :-).
Merry Christmas to you all
Boy your quick!!!👍😀
woodmeister50 wrote:
Boy your quick!!!👍😀
Once in awhile. 🙂
WiFi VS The Ethernet Connection
