# Set wi-fi connection priorities

To list current priorities

```bash
$ nmcli -f autoconnect-priority,name c
AUTOCONNECT-PRIORITY  NAME
0                     Blake5Net
0                     Caffe Ubuntu
0                     Caffe Ubuntu Guest
0                     Fire Hotspot
0                     JET & Mishka
0                     La Marzocco
0                     Le_MX
0                     MobileLab
0                     xfinitywifi
```
Tip: If you have a very long list, you may want to sort them by priority:

```bash
nmcli -f autoconnect-priority,name c | tail -n +2 | sort -nr
```

#### How to set a network as preferred

```bash
nmcli connection modify "Caffe Ubuntu" connection.autoconnect-priority 10
```

#### Note that you can use any number you want for the priority. A larger number moves the network to the top of the list.

How to set a network as a last resort

```bash
nmcli connection modify "xfinitywifi" connection.autoconnect-priority -10
```

Negative priority values are lower than the default of 0, which means they will be tried last, if no other known WiFi network can be found. Note that, due to a bug in some versions of nmcli, you may see negative numbers listed as huge positive numbers like 4294967286. Don't worry about this as it will still work fine.