Vista - How to list ethernet adaptors by name (Local Area Connection name)

I'm trying to find a way to list the network adapter information based on
the ethernet adapter as listed by ipconfig - the 'defaults' are 'Local Area
Connection', Local Area Connection 2', etc...

I've found lots of info using Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration, and this
gets me most of what I want. But I can't find the 'name' in this object.
How do I get this name? Or is there a way I can get the NICs
Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration object with the given name. Either will
work with with I'm doing.

Thx,

Perry

On Aug 13, 5:23*pm, pschmidt <pschm...@xxxxxx>
wrote:Does this suit your needs?

gwmi Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration | select Caption

"tojo2000" wrote:
No...not quite. This shows me the different adapters. But I want to be
able to find configuration information on a specific adapter based on the
'ipconfig' adapter name. I've not found a way to show this name (typically
'Local Area Connection') in the NEtworkAdapterConfiguration object.

I just did something similar. I'm not powershell guru, but here is the
logic I did to get certain properties.

#http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr....mspx?mfr=true
#List all network properties
$strComputer = "localhost"
$colItems = get-wmiobject -query "Select * From
Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration Where IPEnabled = 1" -namespace
"root\cimv2" -computername $strComputer

foreach ($objItem in $colItems)
{
write-host "Caption: " $objItem.Caption
write-host "Description: " $objItem.Description
write-host "Index: " $objItem.Index
write-host "MAC Address: " $objItem.MACAddress
write-host "MAC Address: " $objItem.DNSServerSearchOrder
}

Steve Schofield

"pschmidt" <pschmidt@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Steve -

This is similar to a script I'm already using. And it prints a lot of info,
but does the $objitem below have a field for the same that prints and you use
to ID adaptors with the ipconfig command - Again, local area connection is
the 'common' name for this. This below doesn't show this name. That's the
name I'm trying to index off of or search for.

It's the same as the 'netsh interface show interface' name. What's the WMI
object/property for this?

"Steve Schofield" wrote:

On Aug 13, 6:58*pm, pschmidt <pschm...@xxxxxx>
wrote:It doesn't look like WMI grabs this information. You'll probably have
to go to the Registry if you want to get it:

Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Network\<GUID>
\Connection
Value: Name

Replace <GUID> with the GUID property of
Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration or the SettingID property of
Win32_NetworkAdapter

gwmi -query "Select * from Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration where
IPEnabled = 1" |
%{$_; gwmi -query "Select * from Win32_NetworkAdapter where Index = $
($_.Index)"; Write-Host "`n`n---------------------------`n`n"} |
select *

That will give you all of the properties for Network Adapters in WMI,
with the possible exception of the Protocol classes, but the name
isn't in there, either.

Hi pschmidt,

It's a combination on two WMI calls (I'm sure one can merge them into one):



PS > gwmi Win32_NetworkAdapter -filter "netconnectionid is not null"| select
netconnectionid,interfaceindex | ft -auto


netconnectionid interfaceindex
--------------- --------------
Local Area Connection 10
Bluetooth Network Connection 13
Wireless Network Connection 14
Local Area Connection 19




Now you can issue a second WMI call to the interface you need:

PS > gwmi Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration -filter "interfaceindex=10"

DHCPEnabled : True
IPAddress :
DefaultIPGateway :
DNSDomain :
ServiceName : e1express
Description : Intel(R) 82566MM Gigabit Network Connection
Index : 4



---
Shay Levy
Windows PowerShell MVP
http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/ScriptFanatic



p> I'm trying to find a way to list the network adapter information
p> based on the ethernet adapter as listed by ipconfig - the 'defaults'
p> are 'Local Area Connection', Local Area Connection 2', etc...
p>
p> I've found lots of info using Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration, and
p> this gets me most of what I want. But I can't find the 'name' in
p> this object. How do I get this name? Or is there a way I can get
p> the NICs Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration object with the given
p> name. Either will work with with I'm doing.
p>
p> Thx,
p>
p> Perry
p>

> It's a combination on two WMI calls (I'm sure one can merge them into$nics = gwmi Win32_NetworkAdapter -f "netconnectionid is not null"
$nics |%
{$_.netconnectionid;$_.GetRelated('Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration')}

Enjoy,

Greetings /\/\o\/\/
http://thePowerShellGuy.com

"Shay Levy [MVP]" <no@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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So COOL!



---
Shay Levy
Windows PowerShell MVP
http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/ScriptFanatic


o> $nics = gwmi Win32_NetworkAdapter -f "netconnectionid is not null"
o> $nics |%
o> {$_.netconnectionid;$_.GetRelated('Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration'
o> )}
o>
o> Enjoy,
o>
o> Greetings /\/\o\/\/
o> http://thePowerShellGuy.com
o> "Shay Levy [MVP]" <no@xxxxxx> wrote in message
o> news:95d808933de1e8cacce19c013a10@xxxxxx
o>

this is a LOT better than what I was doing. I should have done

gwmi win32_NetworkAdapter | fl *

before all my registry digging. ; )


"Shay Levy [MVP]" <no@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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