Command used to disable network interface

Hello,

I searched on the Internet for a command to be used in cmd for disabling/enabling a network interface. Does anybody know the syntax if there is one?

Thanks and Happy New Year!

Karlchen wrote: Hello, fcretusys. If you are looking for commandline programmes that come with current Windows versions and for their syntax, then this page is your friend: Command-line reference A-Z. (You may find the same information inside your local Windows help system. ) If you jump to letter "N", you will easily find the netsh command: Using Netsh. Yet, the description of netsh is pretty hard to read (my impression). So I did some simple Google search and found this: netsh interface set interface <interface name> DISABLED For example to disable an interface with its default name “Local Area Connection,” run: netsh interface set interface “Local Area Connection” DISABLED To enable the interface, you'd then run: netsh interface set interface “Local Area Connection” ENABLED (cf. here, please.) Hope this helps. Karl

Thanks for your answer, but id does not work.

I receive the following message from Windows:

G:\a>netsh interface set interface "Local Area Connection" DISABLED
One or more essential parameters not specified
The syntax supplied for this command is not valid. Check help for the correct sy
ntax.

Usage set interface [name = ] IfName
             [ [admin = ] ENABLED|DISABLED
               [connect = ] CONNECTED|DISCONNECTED
               [newname = ] NewName ]

      Sets interface parameters.

      IfName  - the name of the interface
      admin   - whether the interface should be enabled (non-LAN only).
      connect - whether to connect the interface (non-LAN only).
      newname - new name for the interface (LAN only).

      Notes:
      - At least one option other than the name must be specified.
      - If connect = CONNECTED is specified, then the interface
        is automatically enabled even if the admin = DISABLED
        option is specified.

G:\a>

I have searched on the Internet and found the following script which works:

Const ssfCONTROLS = 3

sConnectionName = "Local Area Connection"

sEnableVerb = "En&able"
sDisableVerb = "Disa&ble"

set shellApp = createobject("shell.application")
set oControlPanel = shellApp.Namespace(ssfCONTROLS)

set oNetConnections = nothing
for each folderitem in oControlPanel.items
if folderitem.name = "Network and Dial-up Connections" then
set oNetConnections = folderitem.getfolder: exit for
end if
next

if oNetConnections is nothing then
msgbox "Couldn't find 'Network and Dial-up Connections' folder"
wscript.quit
end if

set oLanConnection = nothing
for each folderitem in oNetConnections.items
if lcase(folderitem.name) = lcase(sConnectionName) then
set oLanConnection = folderitem: exit for
end if
next

if oLanConnection is nothing then
msgbox "Couldn't find '" & sConnectionName & "' item"
wscript.quit
end if

bEnabled = true
set oEnableVerb = nothing
set oDisableVerb = nothing
s = "Verbs: " & vbcrlf
for each verb in oLanConnection.verbs
s = s & vbcrlf & verb.name
if verb.name = sEnableVerb then
set oEnableVerb = verb
bEnabled = false
end if
if verb.name = sDisableVerb then
set oDisableVerb = verb
end if
next

'debugging displays left just in case...
'
'msgbox s ': wscript.quit
'msgbox "Enabled: " & bEnabled ': wscript.quit

'not sure why, but invokeverb always seemed to work
'for enable but not disable.
'
'saving a reference to the appropriate verb object
'and calling the DoIt method always seems to work.
'
if bEnabled then
' oLanConnection.invokeverb sDisableVerb
oDisableVerb.DoIt
else
' oLanConnection.invokeverb sEnableVerb
oEnableVerb.DoIt
end if

'adjust the sleep duration below as needed...
'
'if you let the oLanConnection go out of scope
'and be destroyed too soon, the action of the verb
'may not take...
'
wscript.sleep 1000

If there is a more easier way of enabling/disabling an interface, kindly let me know.

Best regards,