Enable/Disable Network connection at once Fabio Rosa 4/28/2007 10:48:02 PM Hi, in my line of work I have to do a tedious task quite a number of times every day: enable one network connection and disable the other. What I actually refer to is that on a laptop - where I have one wired and one wireless connections - I have to switch between these two connections to reach a network device I am working on, and from there I may need to reach the wireless network to get something on the Internet. What I do is a manual job: open network connections folder, right click one connection, say "disable", and then double-click the other one. I wonder if someone could help me out; I'm looking for something like a WSH script on my desktop that would run this switching task.

Re: Enable/Disable Network connection at once "Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick[ at ]nospam.gmail.com> 4/29/2007 4:48:15 PM These may help. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa390385.aspx http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa390364.aspx -- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "Fabio Rosa" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hi, in my line of work I have to do a tedious task quite a number of times > every day: enable one network connection and disable the other. What I > actually refer to is that on a laptop - where I have one wired and one > wireless connections - I have to switch between these two connections to > reach a network device I am working on, and from there I may need to reach > the wireless network to get something on the Internet. What I do is a > manual > job: open network connections folder, right click one connection, say > "disable", and then double-click the other one. I wonder if someone could > help me out; I'm looking for something like a WSH script on my desktop > that > would run this switching task.

Re: Enable/Disable Network connection at once Fabio Rosa 5/10/2007 12:06:01 PM Dave, Thanks for the illustrative answer. I got the point, now it is a question of developing a script to perform the way I need it. Very helpful of you. "Dave Patrick" wrote: [Quoted Text] > These may help. > > http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa390385.aspx > http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa390364.aspx > > -- > > Regards, > > Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. > Microsoft Certified Professional > Microsoft MVP [Windows] > http://www.microsoft.com/protect > > "Fabio Rosa" wrote: > > Hi, in my line of work I have to do a tedious task quite a number of times > > every day: enable one network connection and disable the other. What I > > actually refer to is that on a laptop - where I have one wired and one > > wireless connections - I have to switch between these two connections to > > reach a network device I am working on, and from there I may need to reach > > the wireless network to get something on the Internet. What I do is a > > manual > > job: open network connections folder, right click one connection, say > > "disable", and then double-click the other one. I wonder if someone could > > help me out; I'm looking for something like a WSH script on my desktop > > that > > would run this switching task. >

Re: Enable/Disable Network connection at once "Dave Patrick" <DSPatrick[ at ]nospam.gmail.com> 5/11/2007 3:24:58 AM Good to hear it helps. You're welcome. -- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "Fabio Rosa" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Dave, > > Thanks for the illustrative answer. I got the point, now it is a question > of > developing a script to perform the way I need it. Very helpful of you.

Re: Enable/Disable Network connection at once Oisin Grehan <oising[ at ]gmail.com> 5/11/2007 3:34:01 PM You might find using the netsh.exe utility a bit easier than getting tangled up in wmi. I have the same situation at home, and I find loading netsh scripts easily done with a simple batch file: 1) configure your wifi to be active, then run: netsh int ip dump > c:\wifi.netsh 2) configure your lan to be active, then run: netsh int ip dump > c:\lan.netsh then create two batch files (wifi.bat and lan.bat) to load these scripts back in: REM enable wifi netsh < c:\wifi.netsh and I'll leave the rest as a ridiculously simple exercise for the reader ;-) Hope this helps, - Oisin On Apr 29, 12:48 pm, "Dave Patrick" <DSPatr...[ at ]nospam.gmail.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > These may help. > > http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa390385.aspxhttp://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa390364.aspx > > -- > > Regards, > > Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. > Microsoft Certified Professional > Microsoft MVP [Windows]http://www.microsoft.com/protect > > > > "Fabio Rosa" wrote: > > Hi, in my line of work I have to do a tedious task quite a number of times > > every day: enable one network connection and disable the other. What I > > actually refer to is that on a laptop - where I have one wired and one > > wireless connections - I have to switch between these two connections to > > reach a network device I am working on, and from there I may need to reach > > the wireless network to get something on the Internet. What I do is a > > manual > > job: open network connections folder, right click one connection, say > > "disable", and then double-click the other one. I wonder if someone could > > help me out; I'm looking for something like a WSH script on my desktop > > that > > would run this switching task.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -

Re: Enable/Disable Network connection at once Fabio Rosa 5/13/2007 5:36:01 PM Oisin, Thanks a lot for taking the time. Liked your solution - very elegant. However, in my case I may need to tweak it a bit: while enabling one connection, I must disable the other. I will work on it and post the findings. And I totally agree it is much easier using the netsh.exe rather than WMI - I was still studying a reasonable solution when saw your post. Thanks again. Regards, "Oisin Grehan" wrote: [Quoted Text] > You might find using the netsh.exe utility a bit easier than getting > tangled up in wmi. I have the same situation at home, and I find > loading netsh scripts easily done with a simple batch file: > > 1) configure your wifi to be active, then run: > > netsh int ip dump > c:\wifi.netsh > > 2) configure your lan to be active, then run: > > netsh int ip dump > c:\lan.netsh > > then create two batch files (wifi.bat and lan.bat) to load these > scripts back in: > > REM enable wifi > netsh < c:\wifi.netsh > > and I'll leave the rest as a ridiculously simple exercise for the > reader ;-) > > Hope this helps, > > - Oisin > > On Apr 29, 12:48 pm, "Dave Patrick" <DSPatr...[ at ]nospam.gmail.com> > wrote: > > These may help. > > > > http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa390385.aspxhttp://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa390364.aspx > > > > -- > > > > Regards, > > > > Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. > > Microsoft Certified Professional > > Microsoft MVP [Windows]http://www.microsoft.com/protect > > > > > > > > "Fabio Rosa" wrote: > > > Hi, in my line of work I have to do a tedious task quite a number of times > > > every day: enable one network connection and disable the other. What I > > > actually refer to is that on a laptop - where I have one wired and one > > > wireless connections - I have to switch between these two connections to > > > reach a network device I am working on, and from there I may need to reach > > > the wireless network to get something on the Internet. What I do is a > > > manual > > > job: open network connections folder, right click one connection, say > > > "disable", and then double-click the other one. I wonder if someone could > > > help me out; I'm looking for something like a WSH script on my desktop > > > that > > > would run this switching task.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > >