Command Line: Reset Network card and Firewall settings

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Reset firewall and NIC configuration states.

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echo Export current active policy of Windows Firewall to a specified file. netsh advfirewall export c:\temp\advfirewall.wfw echo Restore the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security policy to the default policy. echo In a Group Policy object, this command returns all settings to echo not configured and deletes all connection security and firewall rules. netsh advfirewall reset echo Resets the BranchCache service. Flushes the local cache. echo Every configuration parameter of BranchCache will be reset to its default value. netsh branchcache reset echo Resets TCP/IP and related components to a clean state. netsh int ipv4 reset c:\temp\ipv4_rst.log echo Resets IPv6 configuration state. netsh int ipv6 reset c:\temp\ipv6_rst.log echo Resets Winsock Catalog to a clean state. echo All Winsock Layered Service Providers which were previously installed must be reinstalled. echo This command does not affect Winsock Name Space Provider entries. netsh winsock reset catalog

Enable / Disable network card (NIC) using netsh

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echo Show network interfaces (interface name to be used to disable / enable network card) netsh interface show interface echo Disable network interface by name netsh interface set interface name="Local Area Connection" admin=disabled echo Enable network interface by name netsh interface set interface name="Local Area Connection" admin=enabled Enable / Disable network card interface using WMIC echo Get NIC list and index number: wmic nic get name, index echo Enable NIC with index number: (eg: 7) wmic path win32_networkadapter where index=7 call enable echo Disable NIC with index number: (eg: 7) wmic path win32_networkadapter where index=7 call disable echo Enable by name wmic path win32_networkadapter where NetConnectionID="Wireless Network Connection" call disable echo Disable by name wmic path win32_networkadapter where NetConnectionID="Wireless Network Connection" call enable