Which one does Chrome OS choose if it's both wired with an Ethernet cable and wireless with WiFi?
Which one does Chrome OS choose if it's both wired with an Ethernet cable and wireless with WiFi?
My home internet speeds are usually better with Ethernet than with Wi-Fi. My wife's Chromebook uses Ethernet through a switch, so sometimes I have to turn it off for other stuff. To keep her working without stopping, she also has Wi-Fi connected directly to the router. She didn't complain when I turned the Ethernet down. But I can't know if she never complains or if the computer changes back to Wi-Fi automatically when the Ethernet is gone. Ideally, the Chromebook would always pick Ethernet whenever it's fast and only switch to Wi-Fi when needed.
I haven't tested ChromeOS much yet, so I can't tell for sure. With Windows and most of the Linux versions, things tend to pick the interface they think is fastest on their own. They do assign a score, but you can tweak that manually. Most computers actually like Ethernet better than Wi-Fi anyway. It gets complicated when you have more than one Ethernet or multiple Wi-Fi cards to choose from.