# Use only Ethernet or Repeater **URL:** \ **Category:** Router\ **Created:** [July 8, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/use-only-ethernet-or-repeater/44529 "2024-07-08T20:25:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WhiskerBiscuit](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/9e8a1a/32.png) [@WhiskerBiscuit](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/WhiskerBiscuit)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/use-only-ethernet-or-repeater/44529/1 "2024-07-08T20:25:34Z")
If I have connections for both Ethernet/Repeater, if I manually disconnect Repeater then my Ethernet connection will be used. To force the Repeater, I both have to pull the cable and enable the Repeater. Is there not a software version of this? And more importantly one which will take the Ethernet when it has a valid connection and use the Repeater only as a backup. ---
**Author:** ![admon](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/user_avatar/forum.gl-inet.com/admon/32/32880_2.png) [@admon](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/admon)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2024, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/use-only-ethernet-or-repeater/44529/2 "2024-07-08T20:44:35Z")
What is the use case for that? Is repeater and ethernet connected to the same network? ---
**Author:** ![WhiskerBiscuit](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/9e8a1a/32.png) [@WhiskerBiscuit](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/WhiskerBiscuit)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/use-only-ethernet-or-repeater/44529/3 "2024-07-08T20:49:27Z")
No, different networks. Main and backup as it were. ---
**Author:** ![alzhao](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@alzhao](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/alzhao)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 5:48am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/use-only-ethernet-or-repeater/44529/4 "2024-07-09T05:48:13Z")
Sorry I cannot really understand your question. ---
**Author:** ![bruce](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/user_avatar/forum.gl-inet.com/bruce/32/35649_2.png) [@bruce](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/bruce)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 8:57am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/use-only-ethernet-or-repeater/44529/5 "2024-07-09T08:57:47Z")
![Clip_2024-07-09_16-51-05](https://forum-static.gl-inet.com/original/3X/b/f/bf98e36d7b7f6f942c959ddb872f1f1b398a2aa9.png) Do you mean Mutil-WAN? If WAN have 2 interfaces, like cable WAN and repeater, WAN as backup, Repeater as main, when the repeater down, the WAN will be work. And the repeater always still in scanning, if it re-connects back, router will back to repeater interface. ---
**Author:** ![bruce](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/user_avatar/forum.gl-inet.com/bruce/32/35649_2.png) [@bruce](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/bruce)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 11:40am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/use-only-ethernet-or-repeater/44529/6 "2025-10-29T11:40:11Z")