{"id":473,"date":"2019-03-01T12:00:39","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T18:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packitforwarding.com\/?p=473"},"modified":"2019-03-01T10:44:58","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T16:44:58","slug":"powershell-tools-networking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packitforwarding.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/01\/powershell-tools-networking\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerShell, It&#8217;s Not Just for Server Jockeys"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A long time ago in what almost seems like another galaxy, I was a server jockey. I was doing Linux before Linux was cool. BASH and Perl were my <g class=\"gr_ gr_6 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"6\" data-gr-id=\"6\">go to<\/g> tools. Fast forward to now and the Windows server guys have finally found the joy of the shell script through PowerShell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PowerShell isn&#8217;t just for the server guys though. I&#8217;m finding more and more uses for PowerShell to help me in my day to day work in networking. One of the first tools that I&#8217;ve come to depend on is the <g class=\"gr_ gr_9 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"9\" data-gr-id=\"9\">powershell<\/g> <g class=\"gr_ gr_10 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"10\" data-gr-id=\"10\">commandlet<\/g> Enter-PSSession. This works like psexec.exe, but isn&#8217;t usually blocked by AV like psexec.exe is now. Unlike psexec.exe it gives you a fully interactive shell on the remote computer. From there you can run ping, <g class=\"gr_ gr_12 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling\" id=\"12\" data-gr-id=\"12\">tracert<\/g> and other <g class=\"gr_ gr_11 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"11\" data-gr-id=\"11\">cli<\/g> tools as if you were physically on the computer. If you&#8217;ve ever had a ticket where you just need to run a few pings or a <g class=\"gr_ gr_13 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling\" id=\"13\" data-gr-id=\"13\">tracert<\/g> to start troubleshooting but the user is unavailable or won&#8217;t let you remote control the computer, you&#8217;ll see the value in this ability. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Enter-PSSession<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Another <g class=\"gr_ gr_8 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"8\" data-gr-id=\"8\">powershell<\/g> <g class=\"gr_ gr_9 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"9\" data-gr-id=\"9\">commandlet<\/g> that I use with the Enter-PSSession <g class=\"gr_ gr_11 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling\" id=\"11\" data-gr-id=\"11\">commandlet<\/g> is the alias <g class=\"gr_ gr_10 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"10\" data-gr-id=\"10\">wget<\/g>. While not really <g class=\"gr_ gr_12 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling\" id=\"12\" data-gr-id=\"12\">wget<\/g> <g class=\"gr_ gr_17 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace\" id=\"17\" data-gr-id=\"17\">like<\/g> you would find in Linux, it serves the same purpose. Typing <g class=\"gr_ gr_13 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling\" id=\"13\" data-gr-id=\"13\">wget<\/g> and then a URL will get you a lot of information about the URL. You can use (<g class=\"gr_ gr_14 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling\" id=\"14\" data-gr-id=\"14\">wget<\/g> http:\/\/www.contoso.com).content to output only the HTML or (<g class=\"gr_ gr_15 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling\" id=\"15\" data-gr-id=\"15\">wget<\/g> http:\/\/www.contoso.com).rawcontent to output the HTTP headers as well. I like to use this with the site https:\/\/api.ipify.org which simply returns the IP address of the host as seen by the outside world. This is great for determining if NAT is working or if traffic is going out a different egress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"533\" data-attachment-id=\"479\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/packitforwarding.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/01\/powershell-tools-networking\/2019-03-01_10-06-30\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/packitforwarding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-01_10-06-30.gif?fit=840%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"840,700\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2019-03-01_10-06-30\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/packitforwarding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-01_10-06-30.gif?fit=640%2C533&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/packitforwarding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-01_10-06-30.gif?resize=640%2C533&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Animated GIF demo of using Enter-PSSession to run the wget powershell alias on a remote PC.\" class=\"wp-image-479\"\/><figcaption>Example of using Enter-PSSession to run the PowerShell alias wget on a remote PC.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Driver Versions<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Another useful powershell snippet is one that gives you the versions of drivers installed on a computer. I find this useful when troubleshooting client network issues, especially wireless, to compare with known version issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>Get-WmiObject Win32_PnPSignedDriver| select devicename, driverversion | where {$_.devicename -like \"*net*\"}<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"533\" data-attachment-id=\"480\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/packitforwarding.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/01\/powershell-tools-networking\/2019-03-01_10-24-02\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/packitforwarding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-01_10-24-02.gif?fit=840%2C700&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"840,700\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2019-03-01_10-24-02\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/packitforwarding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-01_10-24-02.gif?fit=640%2C533&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/packitforwarding.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/2019-03-01_10-24-02.gif?resize=640%2C533&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Animated GIF showing Powershell script to get a listing of drivers and versions on a windows machine. 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