If you need to systematically disable network adapters, all you need is the name of the adapter (as stated in your control panel or returned by Get-NetworkAdapter, a function featured in another tip). Of course, you will also need Administrator privileges. Here is the function to disable network adapters:
function Disable-NetworkAdapter {
param(
$name
)
param(
$name
)
Get-WmiObject Win32_NetworkAdapter –Filter "NetConnectionID='$name'" |
ForEach-Object {
$rv = $_.Disable().ReturnValue
if ($rv -eq 0) {
'{0} disabled' -f $_.Caption
} else {
'{0} could not be disabled. Error code {1}' -f $_.Caption, $rv
}
}
}
ForEach-Object {
$rv = $_.Disable().ReturnValue
if ($rv -eq 0) {
'{0} disabled' -f $_.Caption
} else {
'{0} could not be disabled. Error code {1}' -f $_.Caption, $rv
}
}
}
