How to turn off and on ethernet adapter

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OM3
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How to turn off and on ethernet adapter

#1 Post by OM3 » 17 Feb 2017 18:16

Has anyone got any DOS code to turn off and on the Ethernet adapter?

I googled and found this:

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Start elevated Command Prompt.

Get NIC list and index number:
wmic nic get name, index

Enable NIC with index number: (eg: 7)
wmic path win32_networkadapter where index=7 call enable

Disable NIC with index number: (eg: 7)
wmic path win32_networkadapter where index=7 call disable


I'm not sure what elevated Command Prompt is?
Is the above code different to DOS?

Thanks

Compo
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Re: How to turn off and on ethernet adapter

#2 Post by Compo » 18 Feb 2017 08:30

To Open an Elevated Command Prompt:
Right Click on [Command Prompt] and choose [Run as administrator]

To Disable 'Enabled' Ethernet Adapters:

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WMIC Path Win32_NetworkAdapter Where "Not MACAddress Is NULL And NetEnabled=TRUE" Call Disable

To Enable 'Disabled' Ethernet Adapters:

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WMIC Path Win32_NetworkAdapter Where "Not MACAddress Is NULL And NetEnabled=FALSE" Call Enable

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