Connecting two networks

Question

Hello

I have my computer connected to the internet via the normal network connection, RJ45 and another one connected via a USB-C port. This allows me to have my normal network for daily use and another one via a vpn for work using another modem. The question is how do I manually choose the network I want to use, the most logical thing would be from the network button at the bottom right to select one or the other, as they are visible, but it does not allow me. The only way I have found for the moment is to enable/disable the network adapter of the connection I don't want to use. Does anyone have a suggestion, solution for Windows 11?

Answer 1

Hello,

Windows itself manually selects and manages network connections using the following methods:

Disable/enable network adapters; Set network priority by adjusting jump points.

But both of these methods require you to manually switch, which is tedious.

Maybe you can write two scripts on the desktop, one is to enable NIC A and disable NIC B, and the other is to enable NIC B and disable NIC A. This makes it easy to switch networks.

In addition, you can set up a route so that the computer can access both networks at the same time.