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SOLVED: Rename a network adapter WITHOUT netsh?

Started by ModemJunki , Apr 28 2012 05:02 AM

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#1 ModemJunki

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Posted 28 April 2012 - 05:02 AM

SOLVED!

For some various weird reason, we have a system image that won't let us use netsh to rename the NICs.

And I found a vbscript that works, so I started to see if I could figure out how-to do it in pure AutoIT. I was stumped - but a rethink fixed me.

So I removed the original post with VBSCRIPT here and put my solution, hoping it helps someone else down the line. Of course you could make the script accept inputs as variables or what have we.

Global $OldNicName, $NewNicName
;~ Global $OldNicName = "Local Area Connection" ; placeholder
;~ Global $NewNicName = "The LAN" ; placeholder
Global $NewNicName = "Local Area Connection" ; placeholder
Global $OldNicName = "The LAN" ; placeholder

_DoNICName()

Func _DoNICName()
Local $colNICItems, $objWMIService, $objItem
$objWMIService = ObjGet("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel = impersonate}!" & "." & "rootcimv2")
$colNICItems = $objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_NetworkAdapter", "WQL", 0x10 + 0X20)

If IsObj($colNICItems) Then
  For $objItem In $colNICItems
   If StringInStr($objItem.NetConnectionID, $OldNicName) Then
    RunWait(@ComSpec & " /c " & "WMIC NIC where NetConnectionID=""" & $OldNicName & """ set NetConnectionID=""" & $NewNicName & '"', @WindowsDir, @SW_HIDE)
   EndIf
  Next
EndIf
EndFunc   ;==>_DoNICName

Edited by ModemJunki, 07 June 2012 - 07:11 PM.







#2 guinness

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Posted 28 April 2012 - 06:24 AM

Search the Forum for Scriptomatic, it allows you to create WMI code easily AND do a search for 'Win32_NetworkAdapter WHERE NetConnectionID' you'll see some examples. Any problems you know where to find us.

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#3 ModemJunki

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Posted 01 May 2012 - 12:02 AM

I think my problem is that I don't understand how to rename the NetConnectionID. I can get a handle on the NIC and it's properties, just not on setting the name in AutoIT. It seems so simple in VB (and I could use the VB, it's only that I want to have all my functions in AutoIT).

I'm not a programmer - just a hack.

Here is what I tried. This is a sample to work on one NIC on my laptop - if I can get this to work, I could make it work on my target systems, where I would match the name (e.g., "Local Area Connection 2" would become "LAN Two" or similar).

Global $NicType1 = "Intel® 82579V" ; placeholder string

_DoNICName()

Func _DoNICName()
    Local $colNICItems, $objWMIService, $objItem
    Dim $aNetworkInfo[1][34], $i = 1
    $objWMIService = ObjGet("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel = impersonate}!\\" & "." & "\root\cimv2")
    $colNICItems = $objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_NetworkAdapter", "WQL", 0x10 + 0X20)

    If IsObj($colNICItems) Then
        For $objItem In $colNICItems
            If StringInStr($objItem.Name, $NicType1) Then
                $objItem.NetConnectionID='New NIC name'
            EndIf
        Next
    EndIf

EndFunc   ;==>_DoNICName

#4 ModemJunki

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Posted 07 June 2012 - 06:18 PM

Anybody?

I'm only missing the method to "put" the new name in place - any hint is appreciated. :-)

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Posted 07 June 2012 - 07:01 PM

Well, it seems all I needed was to rethink it a bit.

It's actually quite simple, use a WMIC command..!

This works for me, maybe it will help someone else:

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Global $OldNicName, $NewNicName

Global $OldNicName = "Local Area Connection" ; placeholder
Global $NewNicName = "The LAN" ; placeholder

;~ Global $NewNicName = "Local Area Connection" ; placeholder
;~ Global $OldNicName = "The LAN" ; placeholder


_DoNICName()

Func _DoNICName()
    Local $colNICItems, $objWMIService, $objItem
    $objWMIService = ObjGet("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel = impersonate}!\\" & "." & "\root\cimv2")
    $colNICItems = $objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_NetworkAdapter", "WQL", 0x10 + 0X20)

    If IsObj($colNICItems) Then
        For $objItem In $colNICItems
            If StringInStr($objItem.NetConnectionID, $OldNicName) Then
                RunWait(@ComSpec & " /c " & "WMIC NIC where NetConnectionID=""" & $OldNicName & """ set NetConnectionID=""" & $NewNicName & '"', @WindowsDir, @SW_HIDE)
            EndIf
        Next
    EndIf
EndFunc   ;==>_DoNICName

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Posted 07 June 2012 - 07:18 PM

Here's an AutoIt only script that I converted from your VBScript, it works on my Windows 7 machine, may need Admin credentials to make it work though.

AutoIt          
Global $strComputer = "."
If $CmdLine[0] > 0 Then
 Global $NIC_NEWNAME = $CmdLine[1]
 Global $NIC_OLDNAME = $CmdLine[2]
EndIf
ConsoleWrite("OLDNAME: " & $NIC_OLDNAME & @LF)
ConsoleWrite("NEWNAME: " & $NIC_NEWNAME & @LF)
Global $objWMIService = ObjGet("winmgmts:" & $strComputer & "rootCIMV2")
Global $colItems = $objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * from Win32_NetworkAdapter WHERE NetConnectionID LIKE 'Local Area Connection%'")
For $objItem In $colItems
;~ ' create objects and get items
 Global $objShell = ObjCreate("Shell.Application")
 Global $objFolder = $objShell.Namespace(0x31) ;Control Panel
 Global $objFolderItem = $objFolder.Self
 Global $folder_Object = $objFolderItem.GetFolder
 For $clsConn In $folder_Object.Items
  If StringLower($clsConn.Name) = StringLower($NIC_OLDNAME) Then
   $clsConn.Name = $NIC_NEWNAME
   ConsoleWrite("Renamed to " & $NIC_NEWNAME & @LF)
  EndIf
 Next

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Posted 07 June 2012 - 11:08 PM

That is superb, thank you!

I'm not familar with creating things like control panel shells etc..

Any books or online reads I should study to grasp more about the topic you could recommend?
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