Get-NetAdapter

Get-NetAdapter

Gets the basic network adapter properties.

Syntax

Parameter Set: ByName
Get-NetAdapter [[-Name] <String[]> ] [-AsJob] [-CimSession <CimSession[]> ] [-IncludeHidden] [-Physical] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32> ] [ <CommonParameters>]

Parameter Set: ByIfIndex
Get-NetAdapter -InterfaceIndex <UInt32[]> [-AsJob] [-CimSession <CimSession[]> ] [-IncludeHidden] [-Physical] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32> ] [ <CommonParameters>]

Parameter Set: ByInstanceID
Get-NetAdapter -InterfaceDescription <String[]> [-AsJob] [-CimSession <CimSession[]> ] [-IncludeHidden] [-Physical] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32> ] [ <CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

The Get-NetAdapter cmdlet gets the basic network adapter properties. By default only visible adapters are returned. To see the common network adapter properties, pipe the output into the Format-List cmdlet. To see all the properties, pipe the output to the Format-List with the Property parameter specified as any (*). This cmdlet supports multiple views. The default view is as a table. To see more information regarding various network adapter identifiers use the names view using the Format-Table cmdlet with the View parameter specified as name. To see more information regarding the miniport (device driver) such as driver date or version use the driver view using the Format-Table cmdlet with the View parameter specified as driver.

Parameters

-AsJob

-CimSession<CimSession[]>

Runs the cmdlet in a remote session or on a remote computer. Enter a computer name or a session object, such as the output of a New-CimSession or Get-CimSession cmdlet. The default is the current session on the local computer.

-IncludeHidden

Specifies both visible and hidden network adapters should be included. By default only visible network adapters are included. If a wildcard character is used in identifying a network adapter and this parameter has been specified, then the wildcard string is matched against both hidden and visible network adapters.

-InterfaceDescription<String[]>

Specifies the network adapter interface description. For a physical network adapter this is typically the name of the vendor of the network adapter followed by a part number and description, such as Contoso 12345 Gigabit Network Device.

-InterfaceIndex<UInt32[]>

Specifies the network adapter interface index number.

-Name<String[]>

Specifies the name of the network adapter.

-Physical

Returns all physical network adapters.

-ThrottleLimit<Int32>

Specifies the maximum number of concurrent operations that can be established to run the cmdlet. If this parameter is omitted or a value of 0 is entered, then Windows PowerShell® calculates an optimum throttle limit for the cmdlet based on the number of CIM cmdlets that are running on the computer. The throttle limit applies only to the current cmdlet, not to the session or to the computer.

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutBuffer, and -OutVariable. For more information, see    about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216).

Inputs

The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet.

• None

Outputs

The output type is the type of the objects that the cmdlet emits.

• Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimInstance#ROOT/StandardCimv2/NetAdapter

  The Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimInstance object is a wrapper class that displays Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) objects. The path after the pound sign (#) provides the namespace and class name for the underlying WMI object.

Examples

EXAMPLE 1

This example gets all of the visible network adapters.

PS C:\> Get-NetAdapter -Name *

EXAMPLE 2

This example gets all of the network adapters.

PS C:\> Get-NetAdapter -Name * -IncludeHidden

EXAMPLE 3

This example gets all of the physical network adapters.

PS C:\> Get-NetAdapter -Name * -Physical

EXAMPLE 4

This example gets the network adapter named Ethernet 2.

PS C:\> Get-NetAdapter -Name "Ethernet 2"

A version of the cmdlet that uses wildcard characters.

PS C:\> Get-NetAdapter -Name "E*2"

A version of the cmdlet that uses position and wildcard characters.

PS C:\> Get-NetAdapter "E*2"

EXAMPLE 5

This example displays the common properties for the network adapter named Ethernet 2.

PS C:\> Get-NetAdapter –Name "Ethernet 2" | Format-List –Property *

EXAMPLE 6

This example displays all of the properties for the network adapter named Ethernet 2,

PS C:\> Get-NetAdapter –Name "Ethernet 2" | Format-List -Property *

EXAMPLE 7

This example gets all of network adapters using the interface description that matches the prefix pattern VendorAdapter.

PS C:\> Get-NetAdapter -Name * -InterfaceDescription "VendorAdapter*"

EXAMPLE 8

This example displays the Name, InterfaceDescription, and InterfaceName parameter values for all network adapters.

PS C:\> Get-NetAdapter -Name * -IncludeHidden | Format-List -Property Name, InterfaceDescription, InterfaceName

EXAMPLE 9

This example gets the visible network adapters on the server named Server5. Note: The server named Server5 can be a remote computer.

PS C:\> Get-NetAdapter -Name * –CimSession Server5

EXAMPLE 10

This example gets the visible network adapters and formats the output to present driver information.

PS C:\> Get-NetAdapter -Name * | Format-Table –View Driver

EXAMPLE 11

This example gets the visible network adapters and formats the output to present various names by which a network adapter can be identified such as the Name, InterfaceDescription, and InterfaceIndex parameter values.

PS C:\> Get-NetAdapter -Name * | Format-Table –View Name

Related topics

Disable-NetAdapter

Enable-NetAdapter

Rename-NetAdapter

Restart-NetAdapter

Set-NetAdapter

Format-List

Format-Table