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Brass Contributor

Oct 12, 2016

Network Preferences

We're seeing behavipr with the S4B client where it seems to prefer a WiFi network over Ethernet, even if the Ethernet network is the preferred network on the client. Since meeting performance is usal...

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Anonymous

Oct 13, 2016

Hi Brian,

Are you saying specifically SfB Client is doing this, or is this question really why windows (all apps) choose to use the Wifi Connection over the wired?

If it's Windows, could it be something like this? (quick google turned this up, might be different for 8/10)

http://superuser.com/questions/247601/make-windows-7-ignore-wifi-when-ethernet-is-available

thanks

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William Looney

Microsoft

Oct 25, 2016

I checked with the team and the SfB Client should be prefer the wired/ethernet interface over a wireless interface for media traffic unless there is something unusual about the network configuration of the endpoint.

I'd check to confirm that both interfaces are actually enabled and working.