Enable/Disable Network Connection
Whilst waiting for lunch, i stumbled across this post on Channel9, https://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=158556. It is c# code for enabling and disabling network adapters. I thought you must be able to do this with PowerShell easier.
In Vista there is a win32_NetworkAdapter wmi provider - whoop. Problem solved.
PS C:\> Get-wmiobject win32_NetworkAdapter | format-table
will get you a list of adapters installed on your machine. My wireless adapter was deviceId 5, so this line gets me the device
PS C:\> Get-WmiObject win32_networkadapter | where {$_.DeviceId -eq 5}
ServiceName : NETw2v32
MACAddress : 00:13:CE:8A:4B:C5
AdapterType : Ethernet 802.3
DeviceID : 5
Name : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection
NetworkAddresses :
Speed : 11000000
Saving this to a variable to work with is easy
$wireless = Get-WmiObject win32_networkadapter | where {$_.DeviceId -eq 5}
Now i can interact with my wireless adapter and do such things as
$wireless.Disable()
$wireless.Enable()
Cool - add the variable to your profile and everytime you open up powershell you can interact with your network adapter, no C# console. No VBS to run. Nice clean and simple.