Project Description

The PowerShell Network Adapter Configuration (PSNetAdapterConfig) module is a Windows PowerShell module for working with network adapters on Windows-based computers. The module is using Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) to retrieve and configure properties of network adapters.

The current release of the module makes use of the following WMI-classes:

• Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration
• Win32_NetworkAdapter

The module currently contains 4 functions:

• Get-DNSServerSearchOrder – get the DNS client settings for a network adapter (the property name is DNSServerSearchOrder)
• Get-NetConnectionId – get the name of a network adapter (the property name is NetConnectionId)
• Set-DNSServerSearchOrder – change the configured DNSServerSearchOrder. This function contains two parameter sets, one for replacing the current DNSServerSearchOrder property value, the other for adding/removing IP addresses from the current value
• Set-NetConnectionId – change the name of a network adapter. In example, change the name from “Local Area Connection” to “Server VLAN 42”

Requirements

• Windows PowerShell 2.0
• ICMP (ping) and WMI firewall openings from the computer running the module to the target computers
• Administrator permissions on the target computers

To avoid the firewall requirements, a workaround is running the functions from a PowerShell script locally on target computers using a software distribution product like System Center Configuration Manager. Another option is to run the functions over PowerShell remoting.

Installation instructions and an introduction to the module is available here. 

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