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Manage wireless network profiles

Applies to Windows 8.1, Windows RT 8.1
If you need to change a wireless connection profile, you can usually do it by following these steps:
1. Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, tap Settings, and then tap Change PC settings.
(If you're using a mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer down, click Settings, and then click Change PC settings.)
2. Tap or click Network, tap or click Connections, and then tap or click the connection you want to change.
3. On the page that appears, make the changes you want.
Some tasks, such as deleting a profile, must be done at the command prompt. To do these tasks, open Command Prompt, and then type the appropriate command from
the following table.
Open Command Prompt by swiping in from the right edge of the screen, tapping Search (or if you're using a mouse, pointing to the upper-right corner of the screen,
moving the mouse pointer down, and then clicking Search), entering Command Prompt in the search box, and then tapping or clicking Command Prompt.

Task

Ins tr uctio ns

Delete a profile

At the command prompt, type:

netsh wlan delete profile name="ProfileName"

Show all wireless profiles on the PC

At the command prompt, type:

netsh wlan show profiles

Show a security key

At the command prompt, type:

netsh wlan show profile name=ProfileName key=clear

Move a network up in the priority list

Connecting to a new network and choosing Connect automatically will place it

at the top of the list.

Stop automatically connecting to a network within range

Tap or click the network in the network list, and then click Disconnect.

Stop automatically connecting to a network that's out of range

At the command prompt, type:

netsh wlan set profileparameter name=ProfileName
connectionmode=manual

How Windows determines connection priority

Windows usually connects to networks in this order:
1. Ethernet
2. WiFi
3. Mobile broadband

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When you connect to a new WiFi network, its added to the list, and Windows will connect to that network while its in range. If you connect to another WiFi network while
in range of the first network, Windows will prefer the second network over the first one.
Mobile broadband networks are treated differently. If you manually connect to a mobile broadband network when there is a WiFi network in range, the mobile
broadband network is preferred just for that session. The next time youre in range of both networks, the WiFi network is preferred. This is because mobile broadband
networks typically are metered.
If you want to force your PC to prefer a mobile broadband network over WiFi, tap or click the WiFi network in the list of networks, and then click Disconnect. Windows
wont automatically connect to that WiFi network.

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