This is the built-in help made by Microsoft for the command 'Restart-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.
Restarts a network adapter by disabling and then re-enabling the network adapter.
Restart-NetAdapter [-Name] <String[]> [-AsJob] [-CimSession <CimSession[]>] [-IncludeHidden] [-PassThru] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>] [-Confirm]
[-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]
Restart-NetAdapter [-AsJob] [-CimSession <CimSession[]>] [-PassThru] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>] -InputObject <CimInstance[]> [-Confirm]
[-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]
Restart-NetAdapter [-AsJob] [-CimSession <CimSession[]>] [-IncludeHidden] [-PassThru] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>] -InterfaceDescription
<String[]> [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [<CommonParameters>]
The Restart-NetAdapter cmdlet restarts a network adapter by disabling and then re-enabling the network adapter. This may be needed for certain
properties to take effect in a physical network adapter or to put the network adapter into a known state.
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Disable-NetAdapter
Enable-NetAdapter
Get-NetAdapter
Rename-NetAdapter
Set-NetAdapter
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EXAMPLE 1
PS C:\>Restart-NetAdapter -Name "Ethernet 2"
A version of the cmdlet that uses wildcard characters.
PS C:\>Restart-NetAdapter -Name "E*2"
A version of the cmdlet that uses position.
PS C:\>Restart-NetAdapter "Ethernet 2"
A version of the cmdlet that uses position and wildcard characters.
PS C:\>Restart-NetAdapter E*2
This example restarts the network adapter named Ethernet 2.