Am I not getting something fundamental here?

Network adapter set to static IP.

I invoke the following:
$NIC = Get-WmiObject Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration |
where{$_.ServiceName -eq "NETw4v32"}
$NIC.EnableDHCP()

Write-Host "DHCP Enabled: " $NIC.DHCPEnabled

The output will print false.

If I again grab $NIC and then ask for
$NIC.DHCPEnabled



The output will print true.

Are WMI objects not stateful? I didn't expect to have to grab a new
reference in order to check on the status of object properties after
executing methods on the objects. Please let me know if I'm overlooking some
basic concept.

Thanks!

if i follow your right, i think your asking why doesnt a variable
automatically update.

when you assign the results of the get-wmiobject to $NIC, it just takes that
info and dumps it in to memory, its not a link to the WMI data. its just a
basic variable storing WMI info.

"lhoff2005" <lhoff2005@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:630F795B-EE68-4B4F-B2D7-C562BC57DF6F@xxxxxx

> Am I not getting something fundamental here?
>
> Network adapter set to static IP.
>
> I invoke the following:
> $NIC = Get-WmiObject Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration |
> where{$_.ServiceName -eq "NETw4v32"}
> $NIC.EnableDHCP()
>
> Write-Host "DHCP Enabled: " $NIC.DHCPEnabled
>
> The output will print false.
>
> If I again grab $NIC and then ask for
> $NIC.DHCPEnabled
>
> The output will print true.
>
> Are WMI objects not stateful? I didn't expect to have to grab a new
> reference in order to check on the status of object properties after
> executing methods on the objects. Please let me know if I'm overlooking
> some
> basic concept.
>
> Thanks!

lhoff2005 wrote:

> Are WMI objects not stateful? I didn't expect to have to grab a new
> reference in order to check on the status of object properties after
> executing methods on the objects. Please let me know if I'm overlooking some
> basic concept.

Nope, you got it. They are not "live" in that respect.

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