On Windows 10, this can be done by typing Network Connection in the search bar and then checking out the status of the Ethernet network – if it’s disabled, right click it and select Enable.
Obviously, this doesn’t really help our situation, but it does make things a little more clear – there is a chance that the Ethernet connection may come through, but, from my experience, I wouldn’t count on it. On Windows 10, it can be done by clicking on the WiFi icon from the right side of the taskbar and then on the Wi-Fi tab, while on the macOS, click on the WiFi icon from the top bar and you should have the option to disable the WiFi visible. By default, both Windows OS and MacOS will prioritize the wired connection over the WiFi, so, if the connectivity icon doesn’t change after you connect an Ethernet cable to your computer, but you still get access to the Internet, then you need to disable the WiFi.
If you have a network extender in your house to broaden your Wi-Fi coverage, you may run into problems with a phone or laptop that "sticks" to the extended network too often. Re-Prioritize and Delete Networks in macOS Hopefully this should fix some of your problems. You can then run the show profiles command again to make sure your changes were applied properly. Note that your interface may be called something like "Wi-Fi 2," so check the first line of that original command's output to make sure you have it correct.
So, in my case, I want KatNWhit to be the first priority, so I'd run: netsh wlan set profileorder name="KatNWhit" interface="Wi-Fi" priority=1 Replace NETWORKNAME with the name of the network, INTERFACENAME with the name of the interface listed at the top of the command, and NUMBER with the priority assignment. If things seem out of order to you (say, if your neighbor's Wi-Fi network appears above your own in the list), you can change any network's priority with the following command: netsh wlan set profileorder name="NETWORKNAME" interface="INTERFACENAME" priority=NUMBER This list will be in priority order, with the highest priority network at the top, and the lowest priority network at the bottom. Run the following command to see a list of all your laptop's remembered networks: netsh wlan show profiles Click the Start menu, search for the Command Prompt, and open it. If you're comfortable with the command line, you can also fine-tune your networks with a few commands. You can also delete a network entirely by right-clicking it and selecting Forget. Checking this box also puts that network at the top of the priority list, so you can fiddle with this to try and re-order networks, and uncheck this box for networks that you only need to connect to occasionally.
With this box checked, your PC will automatically connect to that network when in range. If you select a network from the list, there will be a Connect Automatically box under the network name. Click the Wi-Fi icon in the bottom-right corner of the taskbar to view all the Wi-Fi networks within range. If you're using a Windows PC, you can decide which networks your PC connects to automatically, but seeing the actual priority it assigns them requires a bit of digging.