From: V@nguard.LH   
      
   I can go into Control Panel -> All Control Panel Items -> Network   
   Connections, and rename a connectoid.  However, that only changes the   
   InterfaceAlias attribute of the connectoid, not the Name attrib.  When I   
   run the following command in PowerShell (admin):   
      
   get-netconnectionprofile   
      
   it lists the currently active connectoid(s), and their status.  Although   
   I have 2 Ethernet (RJ-45) ports on the computer (I don't use bridging)   
   along with a wi-fi radio (and the cable modem also has 2-band wi-fi),   
   only 1 Ethernet port (RJ-45 cable) is enabled and connected to the cable   
   modem.  The other Ethernet port is disabled (no connection), and the   
   wi-fi connectoid is also disabled.  I don't need the 2nd Ethernet nor do   
   I want my desktop PC using wi-fi to the cable modem since it already has   
   a CAT5 cable running to it and the cable modem.  I can go into Control   
   Panel, and rename the active connectoid:   
      
   From: Ethernet2   
   To:   EtherCable1   
      
   However, while the name looks to have changed, it really did not.  The   
   above PowerShell command outputs:   
      
   Name                     : -2.4   
   InterfaceAlias           : EtherCable1   
   InterfaceIndex           : 11   
   NetworkCategory          : Private   
   DomainAuthenticationKind : None   
   IPv4Connectivity         : Internet   
   IPv6Connectivity         : Internet   
      
   I named the wi-fi connects (SSIDs) in the cable modem to -2.4   
   for the 2.4 GHz band and -5 for the 5 GHz band to identify   
   each by their frequency.  I don't want a wired Ethernet connection   
   getting identified with a wi-fi name.   
      
   I ran:   
      
   set-netconnectionprofile -h   
      
   to see what parameters it accepted.  I see the -InterfaceAlias parameter   
   that apparently changed when I renamed the connectoid in the the Control   
   Panel applet, but still uses a misleading wi-fi *Name* for the adapter   
   making it appear a wi-fi connect instead of a wired Ethernet connect.   
      
   I could use the -Name parameter, as in:   
      
   set-netconnectionprofile -Name EtherPort1    
      
   but -Name parameter looks to select which network adapter instead of   
   renaming it.  From:   
      
   https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/netconnectio   
   /set-netconnectionprofile   
      
   which says the -Name attribute:   
      
     Specifies an array of names of networks with which the connection is   
     currently established.   
      
   That almost sounds like Name identifies to which group (array) of   
   devices an adapter is associated, or maybe "array" is their terminology   
   for "profile" (as noted in the name of the PS command).  Not sure why   
   Windows decided the "array of names of networks" for an Ethernet adapter   
   would be grouped or identified with wi-fi adapters, or, conversely, why   
   Windows picked a wi-fi connection name for the Name attribute of a wired   
   Ethernet adapter.   
      
   Just what does the -Name attribute specify for a network adapter?  If   
   -Name is just a selector to identify which adapter gets other attributes   
   changed (i.e., -Name just selects which adapter, not to allow a value   
   change), how do I change the name of the adapter to eliminate a wired   
   Ethernet adapter looking like it's a wi-fi adapter?   
      
   Is what I see using the PS command for InterfaceAlias, and what the   
   Control Panel applet shows but won't let me change, just the first   
   connection type identified in the cable modem to which that adapter   
   connects?   
      
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