This is the built-in help made by Microsoft for the command 'Rename-NetAdapter', in PowerShell version 3 - as retrieved from
Windows version 'Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Standard' PowerShell help files on 2016-06-23.
For PowerShell version 3 and up, where you have Update-Help, this command was run just before creating the web pages from the help files.
Renames a network adapter.
Rename-NetAdapter [-Name] <String[]> [-NewName] <String> [-AsJob] [-CimSession <CimSession[]>] [-IncludeHidden] [-PassThru] [-ThrottleLimit
<Int32>] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]
Rename-NetAdapter [-NewName] <String> [-AsJob] [-CimSession <CimSession[]>] [-IncludeHidden] [-PassThru] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>]
-InterfaceDescription <String[]> [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]
Rename-NetAdapter [-NewName] <String> [-AsJob] [-CimSession <CimSession[]>] [-PassThru] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>] -InputObject <CimInstance[]>
[-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]
The Rename-NetAdapter cmdlet renames a network adapter. Note: Only the name, or interface alias, can be changed and not the interface
description.
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Disable-NetAdapter
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EXAMPLE 1
PS C:\>Rename-NetAdapter –Name Ethernet –NewName ManagementAdapter
This cmdlet renames a network adapter from the current name, by matching the pattern e*t, to the new name ManagementAdapter. A typical match
of e*t is the default name Ethernet.
PS C:\>Rename-NetAdapter –Name E*t –NewName ManagementAdapter
This example renames a network adapter from the current name of Ethernet to the new name ManagementAdapter.