Finds a wired connection is plugged in but doesn't actually disable wired connection

[nsumner42]

It tries but never is able to actually disable the wired connection. This is on a Dell OptiPlex 7090 running Windows 11. Any ideas?

[nsumner42]

I found the problem. If I run the following I get the following output.

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-NetAdapter -Name Wi-Fi

Name InterfaceDescription ifIndex Status MacAddress LinkSpeed

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Wi-Fi Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX201 160MHz 9 Up 5C-E4-2A-14-7E-7C 400 Mbps

Now it so happens that the script did the following.
$WLANAdapters = Get-NetAdapter -InterfaceDescription Wireless,WiFi

Therefore $WLANAdapters was blank because the description didn't match. I have now modified the script (in 2 places) to be as follows.

$WLANAdapters = Get-NetAdapter -InterfaceDescription Wireless,WiFi,Wi-Fi

It is actually kind of funny I am suspicious that this is actually a pure bug. Because the following comes from the psm1 file.
$NetworkConnectionsWLAN = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration -Filter "IPEnabled=TRUE" | Where-Object {($.Description -notlike "Virtual") -and ($.Description -notlike "VPN") -and ($.Description -notlike "Zscaler") -and ($.Description -notlike "VMware") -or ($.Description -like "Wireless") -or ($.Description -like "Wi-Fi")}

Hence the description is NOT WiFi as in the ps1 file but actually Wi-Fi. I have a suspicion that somebody at some point made a very small mistake because as it happens if the description were WiFi the psm1 file wouldn't work. So my conclusion is this was a silly little typo or modification by somebody somewhere. I might well post my own fork which to be honest contains exactly the one change Wi-Fi instead of WiFi. If of course there is an adapter that the description is WiFi it would be better to add that to the psm1 and leave both options. I don't know if it exists of course.

[jchristens]

It's a powershell script which was usefulon Windows 7, on Windows 10/11 there should be a GPO function for this if your domain level is high enough. Or if you're on a workstation computer: http://woshub.com/disable-wi-fi-when-ethernet-cable-connected/#:~:text=Open%20the%20Network%20and%20Sharing,Enabled%20and%20save%20the%20changes .

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