Modify the Network Provider Order

You can use this procedure to change the order in which network providers are accessed when communicating with the network.

Membership in the local Administrators group, or equivalent, is the minimum required to complete this procedure.

To modify the network provider order

Start the Network Connections Folder.
Press ALT to display the menu bar, and then on the Advanced menu, click Advanced Settings.
If the User Account Control dialog box appears, confirm that the action it displays is what you want, and then click Continue.
On the Provider Order tab, in the Network Providers list, select the provider that you want to move up or down in the list, and then click the up or down arrow buttons to rearrange the order.

Network performance can be seriously degraded if you rearrange the provider order in an inappropriate way for your network. Set the providers that you use most frequently listed first, with less frequently used providers listed second.

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