Configure GPO to trun off metered network connection on Ethernet (Windows 10)

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Configure GPO to trun off metered network connection on Ethernet (Windows 10)

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Hi Technet!

I deployed MECM Agent (2010) on my company co-workers

Rarely, I'm failed to setup because MECM Server restrict to access from metered network connections

I know that I can solve this problem by adding ccmsetup parameters : /Allowmetered

But, I can't modify the deployment policy

So, we have to turn off metered network connection by GPO

I tried to find out how to turn off the function in Windows 10 through googling,

As a result, the GPO template could be checked in WIFI and not in Ethernet.

In addition, I tried to configure the registry reference policy in the path below, but it didn't work.

[ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkList\DefaultMediaCost ]

Please help me configure GPO to turn off metered network connections on ethernet.

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Answer 1

Anonymous

Hi,

To narrow down the issue , would you please tell how did you configure the registry reference policy？
For the registry to turn off metered network connection on Ethernet did you do the following configuration:
Under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkList\DefaultMediaCost and set the value of the Ethernet to1 ?
Best Regards,

Fan

Anonymous

2021-02-10T02:49:39.847+00:00

Hi,

Just want to confirm the current situations.
If there's anything you'd like to know, don't hesitate to ask.

Best Regards,

Answer 2

We see the same issue here (metered network --> MECM Client setup failing).

Looks like the reg key "HKLM:SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\NetworkList\DefaultMediaCost" is no longer in use.

The new place to look at is

 "HKLM:SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DusmSvc\Profiles\<your NICs GUID>\*\UserCost"

Hence a simple default value won't do the trick.

You may want to adress this using a PowerShell start up script like:

$nicGuid = (Get-NetAdapter | Where{$_.InterfaceDescription -like "*Ethernet*"}).InterfaceGuid
$regpath = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DusmSvc\Profiles\$nicGuid\*"
Set-ItemProperty -Path $regpath -Name UserCost -Value 0
Restart-Service -Name DusmSvc -Force

PS: further reading
https://www.asquaredozen.com/2020/05/22/lockdown-diary-metered-internet-connections-and-broken-configmgr-clients/

Answer 3

Miroslav Katić 1

Great info.
A little bit tweaked

Richard Crews 1 Reputation point

2022-10-28T13:17:56.077+00:00

Would you post this as test instead of a picture?
Les.Photog 5 Reputation points

2025-09-29T22:41:02.9633333+00:00

clear-host

$Change = $False

$Eths = Get-NetAdapter | where-object {$_.name -like "Ethernet"}

foreach ($E in $Eths) {

$NIC_Guid = $E.InterfaceGuid

$EthRegPath = "HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\DusmSvc\Profiles$NIC_Guid*"

if (Test-Path -Path $EthRegPath) {

$UserCost = (Get-ItemProperty -Path $EthRegPath -Name UserCost).UserCost #-Value 0

if ($UserCost -ne 0) {

Write-Output "is metered na NIC: $($E.Name)"

Set-ItemProperty -Path $EthRegPath -Name UserCost -Value 0 | Out-Null

$Change = $True

}

}

}

If ($Change -eq $True) {Restart-Service -Name DusmSvc -Force}

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