SET THE PRIORITY OF NETWORK CONNECTION IN UBUNTU

A step-by-setp setup instructions

Posted by argansos on December 15, 2020
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# Install the ifmetric
sudo apt-get install ifmetric

# List the metric of interface
route -n

Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
0.0.0.0 10.42.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 100 0 0 eth0
0.0.0.0 10.42.0.2 0.0.0.0 UG 600 0 0 wlan0

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# Set preferred interface with lower metric
sudo ifmetric wlan0 50

# List the metric of interface
route -n

Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
0.0.0.0 10.42.0.2 0.0.0.0 UG 50 0 0 wlan0
0.0.0.0 10.42.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 100 0 0 eth0

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