Windows 10: Can’t connect to WiFi due to “Change settings, such as making a connection metered”

Hello. I am having issues with internet on my laptop. I reset all the wifi settings due to a previous error, but now all I see is to make the connection metered. It does not have a cellular option. None of my local internet isn’t showing up. How do I fix this?

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How to set PDAnet as metered connection?

Andrea,

The Registry changes do not make anything work as metered. They only set the default to metered for new connections. Please see my earlier posts beginning
- To clear the decks before you start,
- You don’t like just printing to pdf instead then?
for the actions I suggest you do.

Check whether the current connection is metered or not at Settings, Network, Status, Change connection properties.

The property is shown for other connections at Settings, Network, {WiFi / Ethernet}, Manage known networks, {select each network in turn}, Properties.

If you want a second opinion to make absolutely sure than go to Settings, Devices.
In the Bluetooth & other devices page and the Printers & scanners page, make sure that the checkbox for Download over metered connections is clear [unset] and you should see your devices with most of the entries marked with the quite spurious & highly ignorable annotation, "Setup incomplete because of a metered connection". That also demonstrates that the current connection is metered.

When you do run WU, after it has searched online it then displays its list of updates but stops & waits for you to click the Download button before downloading**. This also demonstrates that the connection is metered. Here is an example -




Oh, by the way, there are updates every day because Windows defender definition updates are part of WU.

** Once in a while you will notice small updates proceeding at this stage before it then settles down with its list of all the others waiting for you to click the Download button. This is normal. These exceptional updates are classified as of special security concern and they are downloaded then installed despite the metered setting. I have hardly ever seen them and those I have seen completed downloading & installing before I could even get my camera out to record the event.

Denis

 

try making a setting such as making a connection metered.

Hello , I've had this problem for a very long time now. The Ethernet doesn't work at all. The WiFi list only has " try making a setting , such as making a connection metered. No troubleshoots helped.Here are my network adapters , I've tried updating them
all.

 

Windows 10 changing WiFi or Cellular to metered or non metered connections

I have had the most difficult time trying to find information on how to change these 2 types of connections (WiFi & Cellular) to metered or non-metered under the Windows 10 version. I am using a Windows Surface 3 and I couldn't believe how difficult it was
to find this information. Finally I figured it out on my own.

*Cellular (Mobile Network, Broadband) connections come by default set to metered.
This I did not know, so whenever I would try to download or connect via Bluetooth, I always got this message saying unable to complete or download due to metered connection. After some research I also learned that this setting can affect some applications
causing them not to download, update or be playable too so keep that in mind. This setting can also affect your ability to use Tether or Hot Spot.

ALERT PLEASE READ WARNING:

YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE CHANGING CELLULAR SETTING TO NON-METERED, any charges you occur is not Microsoft's Windows problem,
you will occur charges for Mobile Network, Cellular, Broadband downloading unless you have a unlimited plan with your provider
so be careful. Once you change this setting you effectively open yourself to overage data charges
as large downloads will not be stopped, paused or postponed until you are on a WiFi network. I recommend you only change this setting when needed and to leave it at the default setting, which is Metered Connection On, when not needed.

• To allow downloads on cellular connections simply hit Windows key, or go to Start menu, or on some devices you can swipe the right side of your screen to open the Action Bar and select Settings>Devices>Connected Devices. Once you have opened this window
  you will see the Download Over Metered Connections option, simply turn it on.
• To change Wireless or WiFi select Settings>Network & Internet>WiFi then choose Manage Known Networks, choose the Connection from the Wireless Networks listed that you plan on connecting to or the one your already connected to, and then click properties,
  you will see the option Metered Connections, turn off or on.