Reputation: 43
I want to enable/disable a network connection from the command-line in Windows 8.
netsh interface set interface “Local Area Connection” DISABLED
To enable the interface, you'd then run:
netsh interface set interface “Local Area Connection” ENABLED
When I try this, it generates an error message which states that "no more data is available".
Upvotes: 4
Views: 4351
Reputation: 851
Technical Note: There are several names associated with a network adapter on Windows API level, occurring in Struct PIP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES
PIP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES::AdapterName
PIP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES::Description
PIP_ADAPTER_ADDRESSES::FriendlyName
FriendlyName
is a unique logical name like "WLAN 3", generated by the system
and the one displayed with ipconfig
and required in netsh interface ...
.
Description
is the tag displayed with ipconfig /all
Upvotes: 0
Reputation: 41307
This may be enough for you if you are using DHCP.
Disable:
ipconfig /release *
Enable:
ipconfig /renew
Upvotes: 3
Reputation: 6215
This works for me:
netsh interface set interface name="Local Area Connection" admin=DISABLED
Upvotes: 2