jondercik Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 How do I name a network connection something unattended? I would like the name to be changed from Local Area connection to something more of my choosing, such as Realtek Gig, VMware NIC, etc.(This is in an NLited fully functional install)Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gogol Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 (edited) No reply yet !Using getmac.exe from sdk and reg.exe@echo off:: Change example by your choice - Avoid accentset connName=example::set file=%random%.$$1set k1=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Network\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}::getmac /nh /fo list >%file%::FOR /F "skip=1 tokens=1,2* delims={,}" %%a in (%file%) do set k2={%%b}set fullkey=%k1%\%k2%\Connection::REG ADD %fullkey% /v Name /t reg_sz /d %connName% /f >NUL::del %file%Tested on a single nic pcHTH Edited December 30, 2005 by Gogol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tguy Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 You can use the netsh.exe tool, executed via a batch file like this:netsh interface set interface name="Local Area Connection" newname= "Prod" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oioldman Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 worked a treat tguy, thanks for that a slooking through the help i couldn't see anything obvious.P.S; just tested yours above and worked like magic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlebr00k Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 The quickest way is to set the connection name in your winnt.sif for new installs so you don't have to change it later[params.Adapter1]INFID=*ConnectionName="Type name of connection here"params.Adapter1 is usually the network interfaceparama.Adapter2 is usually the 1394 connectionyou may have to experiment as it depends on how you mobo bios detects its inbuilt devices and pci cards.If your system is already up and running the easiest (I find anyway), is to open network connection - right click on the connection you want to change and select rename. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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