Connect to internet with wifi, while wired to a different LAN through ethernet
The following is a step by step process as to how you can use wireless internet without taking out your ethernet cable out.
- Open Network and Sharing Centre ("Network Status" Win10).
- Go to "Change Adapter Settings" ("Change adapter options" Win10)
- Go to properties of Local Area Network.
- Click on Internet Protocol version 4 and go to it's properties.
- Click on Advanced
- You will see a block checked there by the name of "Automatic Metric".
- Uncheck it and then enter 2 in that section.
- Now, Do the same for the wireless network but enter 1.
Save the setting and you'll be able to use wifi even when your ethernet cable is connected to the LAN.
Figured it out, I needed to set the ethernet LAN IP of my machine to static and remove the default gateway.
Using a static IP and removing the default gateway worked for me.
Before doing anything, run a command prompt and type in IPConfig /all. Note the DNS server address, and whether you're using DHCP or not.
Go to Network and Internet settings in Windows, then Change Adapter settings.
Select the wired connection, then edit its properties. Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and edit the properties. Select Use the following IP address and type in a static address. This is probably assigned to you by an administrator. Leave the Default gateway blank. A subnet mask that will usually work is 255.255.0.0. You also need the IP of your DNS server from above, if applicable.