"Max" <M**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
> Hi,
>
> I was following up on a different thread and need to disable/enable a
> network connection, specifically "Local Area Connection" using a command
> line
> utility so that I can package it in a batch file. It turns out that DEVCON
> may be of help. A thread from 7/05 talks about it, but it doesn't go deep
> enough to outline the way to get to the connection. The help for devcon is
> not helping enough to suggest a way to isolate the connection.
>
> Can someone with DEVCON experience suggest a way to disable the
> connection?
> Novell has a utility called NETSHX that can do it for their networks. This
> will probably be a nice tip for some people! WINDOWSITPRO seems to have an
> article that covers this topic but it's for subscribers only. :-|
>
> Thanks.
>

"aaron" <aa***@fake.net> wrote in message
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> Try looking into the netsh command on XP, it should do what you need
> it to do.
>
> --
> aaron
> A+,NET+,MCSE 2K/2K3,CNA,CCNA
> "Max" <M**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:AFA795EC-45BC-406C-B4F4-259146F08B02@microsoft.com...
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I was following up on a different thread and need to disable/enable a
>> network connection, specifically "Local Area Connection" using a
>> command line
>> utility so that I can package it in a batch file. It turns out that
>> DEVCON
>> may be of help. A thread from 7/05 talks about it, but it doesn't go
>> deep
>> enough to outline the way to get to the connection. The help for
>> devcon is
>> not helping enough to suggest a way to isolate the connection.
>>
>> Can someone with DEVCON experience suggest a way to disable the
>> connection?
>> Novell has a utility called NETSHX that can do it for their networks.
>> This
>> will probably be a nice tip for some people! WINDOWSITPRO seems to
>> have an
>> article that covers this topic but it's for subscribers only. :-|
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>
>

"Philip Ashley" wrote:

> this will find the network adaptor ids
> devcon listclass net
> the string you need is up to the first '&'
> then for example for my wireless network card this disables it
> devcon disable PCI\VEN_10EC
>
> hth
>
> philip ashley

"Max" <M**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
> Thanks Philip, your answer was right on the dot, in the context!
>
> But ... the bad news is that it works only partially!
>
> If you DISABLE from the GUI connection icon, and then try enabling
> through
> devcon, it doesn't work. But, then if you ENABLE from the GUI
> connection
> icon, and then try disabling through devcon, it will stop the traffic
> even
> though the light on the port will stay on (indicating a live
> connection
> between the machine and the hub). I'm using regular ethernet port, so
> there
> is a light that I can check.
>
> So, as the old thread from july 2k5 was suggesting, there seems to be
> something else that the GUI action of DISABLE from the icon seems to
> be
> doing, which is not completely matched by the devcon action. Devcon
> seems to
> take care of part of it at the lower layer of data traffic, but not
> the part
> that opens/closes the communication signals between the machine and
> the
> router.
>
> My objective is to basically script the action taken by the GUI part
> of
> disabling and enabling a connection. I hope there is some solution to
> this.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> "Philip Ashley" wrote:
>
>> this will find the network adaptor ids
>> devcon listclass net
>> the string you need is up to the first '&'
>> then for example for my wireless network card this disables it
>> devcon disable PCI\VEN_10EC
>>
>> hth
>>
>> philip ashley
>