RE: enable/disable a NIC remotely

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From: Feng Mao (fengmao_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/09/04

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    Hi James,

    Thank you for posting!

    James, I can find the command utility to help you to disable or enable
    device on local computer. This utility is named DEVCON. For additional
    information about this utility, click the below hyperlink to view the
    article in Microsoft knowledge base:

    http://support.microsoft.com/?id=311272
    311272 FILE: DevCon Command Line Utility Alternative to Device Manager

    Although this utility has the option /m:\\machine name, it does not work
    when you try to disable the device on the remote computer.

    NETSH command can call RPC to remote change the network configuration on
    the remote computer. However, the command

    [Remote Computer Name] netsh interface> set interface [name = ] IfName [
    [admin = ] ENABLED|DISABLED [connect = ] CONNECTED|DISCONNECTED [newname =
    ] NewName ]

    can only be used to disable Non-LAN interface.

    So, in my opinion, you may copy DEVCON to the remote computer, and run it
    in its Terminal Sessions.

    The above is the information I can found. It is possible there are some
    third party utilities can help you to implement this. I can find the VC++
    source code to remote disable/enable a network interface card in Internet.

    Have a nice day!

    Thanks & Regards,

    Feng Mao [MSFT], MCSE
    Microsoft Online Partner Support

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