How to programmatically enable/disable network interfaces? (Windows XP)

Question

I need to enable/disable completely network interfaces from a script in Windows XP. I\'m looking for a python solution, but any general way (eg WMI, some command-line à la n

Answer 1

The devcon tool can control the NIC, but not the interface directly. It's a command-line version of the Device Manager applet.

devcon disable (id or portion of name)
devcon enable (id or portion of name)