Networking With Windows PowerShell

Get-NetIPConfiguration

To get IP Address, Default Gateway, and Subnet Mask for Network Adapters in a computer, we use Get-NetIPConfiguration.

Example

PS C:\> Get-NetIPConfiguration



Test-Connection

To check the network connectivity to any host or a domain, use “Test-Connection”.

Example

PS C:\> Test-NetConnection www.twitter.com

( Here, I am trying to test the network connectivity to Twitter web site. As you can see in the results, PingSuceeded is TRUE, which means the connection is active).

Example



Detailed Information

To get detailed information on your Ping Status, use -InformationLevel parameter.

Example

PS C:\> Test-NetConnection -ComputerName www.twiiter.com -InformationLevel Detailed



Resolve-DNSName

Use Resolve-DNSName to find IP address of a given domain.

Example

PS C:\> Resolve-DNSName www.c-sharpcorner.com



TraceRoute

To list all the hops between your computer machine to a host, use -TraceRoute parameter.

Example

PS C:\> Test-Connection -ComputerName www.microsoft.com -TraceRoute



List IP Address for a Computer

To list all the IP addresses that are in use on the local computer, use Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration class.

Example

PS C:\> Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration -Filter IPEnable=True -ComputerName IND-DNS1

(Here, IND-DNS1 is the name of my computer)



Ping a Computer

Win32_PingStatus is a Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) class, used to ping a computer.

Example

PS C:\> Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_PingStatus -Filter “Address=‘127.0.01’” -ComputerName IND-DNS1



(Tip: Include Address, ResponseTime and StatusCode properties in Format-Table to get better summary Information of display )

PS C:\> Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_PingStatus -Filter “Address=‘127.0.01’” -ComputerName IND-DNS1 | FT -property Address, ResponseTime, StatusCode



Retrieve Network Adapter Properties

To get Network Adapter properties of a computer, use Win32_NetworkAdapter class.

Example

PS C:\ > Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_NetworkAdapter -ComputerName IND-DNS1



Assign DNS Domain

To Assign a DNS Domain to a computer use, SetDomain method

Example

PS C:\> Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration -Filter IPEnabled=True -ComputerName IND-DNS1 | ForEach-Object -Process($_.SetDomain(“rakeshwinserv2016.com”)}



Find DHCP Enabled Network Adapters

To Find all DHCP Enabled Network Adapters on a computer machine, use Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration class and filter using “DHCPEnabled=True”

Example

PS C:\> Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration -filter “DHCPEnabled=True” -ComputerName IND-DNS1



Enable DHCP on Each Adapter

To enable DHCP on each Network Adapter, use EnableDHCP method.

Example

PS C:\> Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration -filter “DHCPEnabled=True” -ComputerName IND-DNS1 | ForEach-Object -process {($_.EnableDHCP()}



Release DHCP Lease for a specific Network Adapter

Use ReleaseDHCPLease method of NetworkAdapterConfiguration to Release DHCP for a network adapter on a subnet.

Example

PS C:\> Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration -Filter “IPEnabled=true and DHCP Enabled=true” -ComputerName IND-DNS1 | Where-Object -FilterScript {$_.DHCPServer -contains “10.0.2.15”} | ForEach-Object -Process {$_.ReleaseDHCPLease()}



Renew DHCP Lease for a specific Network Adapter

Use RenewDHCPLease method of NetworkAdapterConfiguration to Release DHCP for a network adapter on a subnet.

Example

PS C:\> Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration -Filter “IPEnabled=true and DHCP Enabled=true” -ComputerName IND-DNS1 | Where-Object -FilterScript {$_.DHCPServer -contains “10.0.2.15”} | ForEach-Object -Process {$_.RenewDHCPLease()}



Create Network Share

Create a share to share a folder. You can use net share to create a network share.

Example

PS C:\> net share tempshare=c:\Rakesh /users:25 / remark:”Example of tempshare share”



Once, you create this network share, you can verify this using Computer Management.

Verify Network Share



Remove Network Share

You can delete a network share using net share.

Example

PS C:\ > net share tempshare /delete