02. Network

Get IP details

Get IP address information

PS C:\> Get-NetIPAddress | Format-Table –Autosize

Get IP address information by the interface index

PS C:\> Get-NetIPAddress -InterfaceIndex 32

Get IP address information from pipeline input

PS C:\> Get-NetIPAddress | Sort-Object InterfaceIndex | Select-Object InterfaceIndex, InterfaceAlias, AddressFamily, IPAddress, PrefixLength | FT -Autosize

Get the IP configuration

PS C:\> Get-NetIPConfiguration –All | ft

Get the IP configuration from pipeline input

PS C:\> Get-NetIPConfiguration -all | Select-Object IPv4Address,InterfaceAlias,InterfaceDescription,InterfaceIndex | ft

Get all visible network adapters

PS C:\> Get-NetAdapter

Get all visible and hidden network adapters

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

Get all physical network adapters

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

Network Troubleshooting

Test ping connectivity

PowerShell version 6.x

PS C:\> Test-Connection 172.16.10.240

Pinging 172.16.10.240 [172.16.10.240] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 172.16.10.240: bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=254

Reply from 172.16.10.240: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=254

Reply from 172.16.10.240: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=254

Reply from 172.16.10.240: bytes=32 time=6ms TTL=254

Ping complete.

Source         Destination   Replies

------         -----------   -------

IN2-NOINB-RAVI 172.16.10.240 {System.Net.NetworkInformation.PingReply, System.Net.NetworkInformation.PingReply, System…

PS C:\> Test-Connection -ComputerName 172.16.10.240,172.16.10.241,172.16.10,247

PS C:\> Test-Connection -ComputerName 172.16.10.240 -Count 10 -Delay 3

Ping Multiple IPs from CSV

Import-Csv 'C:\ps\IP List.csv' | ForEach-Object {Test-Connection $_.IP_Address -Count 3}

CSV Template

S_No	IP_Address
1	172.16.10.240
2	172.16.10.241
3	172.16.10.242
4	172.16.10.6
5	172.16.10.243
6	172.16.10.244

PowerShell version 5.x

PS C:\> Test-Connection 172.16.10.240

Source        Destination     IPV4Address      IPV6Address                              Bytes    Time(ms)

------        -----------     -----------      -----------                              -----    --------

IN2-NOINB-... 172.16.10.240                                                             32       9

IN2-NOINB-... 172.16.10.240                                                             32       7

IN2-NOINB-... 172.16.10.240                                                             32       13

IN2-NOINB-... 172.16.10.240                                                             32       9

Test Open Port

PS C:\> Test-NetConnection -ComputerName 172.16.10.240 -Port 22 | Select-Object TcpTestSucceeded

For more details

Test-Connection

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.management/test-connection?view=powershell-6

Test-NetConnection

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/nettcpip/test-netconnection?view=win10-ps

Get more command

Check available command for network in windows

PS C:\> Get-Command -Module NetTCPIP