Is there a DOS command to Disable/Enable a given Network Connection?

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.No DOS specific command available however you could execute a PROGRAM from command shell to perform this.

If you have a smart switch you can automate a telnet to your MANAGED smart switch to enable/disable ports on a switch to enable/disable a connection.

If you want to have it happen at that specific computer locally executed then you can have a custom program that goes and disables the driver for the NIC or runs an automated macro that interacts with Windows. This is a very ugly solution.

The cleanest solution is to have a smart managed switch and from any system on the network you as administrator could shut off that specific port that the system is connected to.NETSHQuote

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C:\Users\user1>netsh/?

Usage: netsh [-a AliasFile] [-c Context] [-r RemoteMachine] [-u [DomainName\]Use
rName] [-p Password | *]
[Command | -f ScriptFile]

The following commands are available:

Commands in this context:
? - Displays a list of commands.
add - Adds a configuration entry to a list of entries.
advfirewall - Changes to the `netsh advfirewall' context.
bridge - Changes to the `netsh bridge' context.
delete - Deletes a configuration entry from a list of entries.
dhcpclient - Changes to the `netsh dhcpclient' context.
dnsclient - Changes to the `netsh dnsclient' context.
dump - Displays a configuration script.
exec - Runs a script file.
firewall - Changes to the `netsh firewall' context.
help - Displays a list of commands.
http - Changes to the `netsh http' context.
interface - Changes to the `netsh interface' context.
ipsec - Changes to the `netsh ipsec' context.
lan - Changes to the `netsh lan' context.
mbn - Changes to the `netsh mbn' context.
namespace - Changes to the `netsh namespace' context.
nap - Changes to the `netsh nap' context.
netio - Changes to the `netsh netio' context.
p2p - Changes to the `netsh p2p' context.
ras - Changes to the `netsh ras' context.
rpc - Changes to the `netsh rpc' context.
set - Updates configuration settings.
show - Displays information.
trace - Changes to the `netsh trace' context.
wcn - Changes to the `netsh wcn' context.
wfp - Changes to the `netsh wfp' context.
winhttp - Changes to the `netsh winhttp' context.
winsock - Changes to the `netsh winsock' context.
wlan - Changes to the `netsh wlan' context.

The following sub-contexts are available:
advfirewall bridge dhcpclient dnsclient firewall http interface ipsec lan mbn n
amespace nap netio p2p ras rpc trace wcn wfp winhttp winsock wlan

To view help for a command, type the command, followed by a space, and then
type ?.

C:\Users\user1>

C:\Users\user1>netsh lan

The following commands are available:

Commands in this context:
? - Displays a list of commands.
add - Adds a configuration entry to a table.
delete - Deletes a configuration entry from a table.
dump - Displays a configuration script.
export - Saves LAN profiles to XML files.
help - Displays a list of commands.
reconnect - Reconnects on an interface.
set - Configures settings on interfaces.
show - Displays information.

To view help for a command, type the command, followed by a space, and then
type ?.


C:\Users\user1>

Is there a DOS command to Disable/Enable a given Network Connection?