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To Enable or Disable a Network Adapter in Network Connections

1. Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the Network and Sharing Center icon.

2. Click/tap on Change adapter settings on the left side. (see screenshot below)

3. Do step 4 or 5 below for what you would like to do.

4. To Enable a Network Adapter

A) Click/tap on the network adapter (ex: Ethernet 2), and go to step 6 below. (see screenshot below)

OR

B) Select the network adapter (ex: Ethernet 2), click/tap on Enable this network device in the toolbar, and
go to step 6 below. (see screenshot below)

OR

C) Right click or press and hold on the network adapter (ex: Ethernet 2), click/tap on Enable, and go to step
6 below. (see screenshot below)

5. To Disable a Network Adapter


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A) Select the network adapter (ex: Ethernet 2), click/tap on Disable this network device in the toolbar, and
go to step 6 below. (see screenshot below)

OR

B) Right click or press and hold on the network adapter (ex: Ethernet 2), click/tap on Disable, and go to step
6 below. (see screenshot below)

6. If prompted by UAC, then click/tap on Yes.

7. When finished, you can close Network Connections and Network and Sharing Center if you like.

OPTION TWO

To Enable or Disable a Network Adapter in Device Manager

1. Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the Device Manager icon.

2. If prompted by UAC, then click/tap on Yes.

3. Close the Control Panel, expand open Network adapters in Device Manager, and do step 4 or 5 below
for what you would like to do. (see screenshots below step 4 and 5)

4. To Enable a Network Adapter

A) Select a network adapter (ex: Broadcom NetLink (TM) Gigabit Ethernet #2), click/tap on the Enable
icon on the toolbar, and go to step 6 below. (see screenshot below)

OR

B) Right click or press and hold on a network adapter (ex: Broadcom NetLink (TM) Gigabit Ethernet #2),
click/tap on Enable, and go to step 6 below. (see screenshot below)

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5. To Disable a Network Adapter

A) Select a network adapter (ex: Broadcom NetLink (TM) Gigabit Ethernet #2), click/tap on the Disable
icon on the toolbar, and go to step 5C below. (see screenshot below)

OR

B) Right click or press and hold on a network adapter (ex: Broadcom NetLink (TM) Gigabit Ethernet #2),
click/tap on Disable, and go to step 5C below. (see screenshot below)

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C) Click/tap on Yes, and go to step 6 below. (see screenshot below)

6. When finished, you can close Device Manager if you like.

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OPTION THREE

To Enable or Disable Network Adapter using "netsh" Command

1. Open an elevated command prompt.

2. In the elevated command prompt, copy and paste the command below, and press Enter. This will show
you all network adapter names on your PC. (see screenshot below)

netsh interface show interface

3. Do step 4 or 5 below for what you would like to do.

4. To Enable a Network Adapter

A) In the elevated command prompt, type the command below, press Enter, and go to step 6 below. (see
screenshot below)

Note

Substitute network adapter name in the command below with the actual adapter name (ex: Ethernet 2)
within quotes from step 2 above that you want to enable.

netsh interface set interface "network adapter name" admin=enable

For example: netsh interface set interface "Ethernet 2" admin=enable

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5. To Disable a Network Adapter

A) In the elevated command prompt, type the command below, press Enter, and go to step 6 below. (see
screenshot below)

Note
Substitute network adapter name in the command below with the actual adapter name (ex: Ethernet 2)
within quotes from step 2 above that you want to disable.

netsh interface set interface "network adapter name" admin=disable

For example: netsh interface set interface "Ethernet 2" admin=disable

6. When finished, you can close the elevated command prompt if you like.

OPTION FOUR

To Enable or Disable Network Adapter using "wmic" Command

1. Open an elevated command prompt.

2. In the elevated command prompt, copy and paste the command below, and press Enter. This will show
you a list of all network connections on your PC with an index number for each. (see screenshot below)

wmic nic get name, index

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3. Do step 4 or 5 below for what you would like to do.

4. To Enable a Network Adapter

A) In the elevated command prompt, type the command below, press Enter, and go to step 6 below. (see
screenshot below)

Note
Substitute index-number in the command below with the actual index number (ex: 2) of the network
connection (ex: Broadcom NetLink (TM) Gigabit Ethernet) from step 2 above that you want to enable.

wmic path win32_networkadapter where index=index-number call enable

For example: wmic path win32_networkadapter where index=2 call enable

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5. To Disable a Network Adapter

A) In the elevated command prompt, type the command below, press Enter, and go to step 6 below. (see
screenshot below)

Note
Substitute index-number in the command below with the actual index number (ex: 2) of the network
connection (ex: Broadcom NetLink (TM) Gigabit Ethernet) from step 2 above that you want to disable.

wmic path win32_networkadapter where index=index-number call disable

For example: wmic path win32_networkadapter where index=2 call disable

6. When finished, you can close the elevated command prompt if you like.

by Nurulhadi Hammamy

TKJ Department of SMK Informatika Wonosobo


Central Java Indonesia

Mobile: +6281327400766

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