Get-PrimaryIPv4Information

Description

This Module was designed to present the most essential or basic IPv4 and MAC address information to a user. The information provided is as follows;

• InterfaceIndex
• InterfaceAlias
• MacAddress
• IPv4Address
• PrefixLength
• SubnetMask
• IPv4DefaultGateway
• IPNetwork
• SuffixOrigin
• AddressState
• FirstHost
• LastHost

##How To use;

• download the .psm1 file
• open a powershell terminal
• cd to the directory where the .psm1 file is located
• Enter, Import-Module \Get-PrimaryIPv4Information
• Enter, Get-PrimaryIPv4Information

##Examples; ###Example 1)

Get-PrimaryIPv4Information

Results InterfaceIndex : 45 InterfaceAlias : Ethernet MacAddress : 00-11-22-33-44-55 IPv4Address : 169.254.83.107 PrefixLength : 16 SubnetMask : 255.255.0.0 IPv4DefaultGateway : IPNetwork : 169.254.0.0 SuffixOrigin : Link AddressState : Preferred FirstHost : 169.254.0.1 LastHost : 169.254.255.254

--more--

###Example 2)

Get-PrimaryIPv4Information -t

Results InterfaceIndex InterfaceAlias MacAddress IPv4Address PrefixLength SubnetMask IPv4DefaultGateway IPNetwork SuffixOrigin AddressState FirstHost LastHost

---

        18 Ethernet       00-11-22-33-44-55 169.254.20.122           16                                                      Link   Deprecated
        11 Wi-Fi          55-44-33-22-11-00 172.16.45.116            18 255.255.192.0 172.16.24.1        172.16.0.0          Dhcp    Preferred 172.16.0.1  172.16.63.254
        45 Ethernet #2                        169.254.83.107           16 255.255.0.0                      169.254.0.0         Link    Preferred 169.254.0.1 169.254.255.254

###Example 3)

Get-PrimaryIPv4Information -t -a

Results InterfaceIndex InterfaceAlias MacAddress IPv4Address PrefixLength SubnetMask IPv4DefaultGateway IPNetwork SuffixOrigin AddressState FirstHost LastHost

---

        15 Local Area Connection* 2                      169.254.84.7             16                                                      Link    Tentative
         9 Local Area Connection* 1                      169.254.10.153           16                                                      Link    Tentative
        18 Ethernet                    00-11-22-33-44-55 169.254.20.122           16                                                      Link   Deprecated
        11 Wi-Fi                       55-44-33-22-11-00 172.16.45.116            18 255.255.192.0 172.16.24.1        172.16.0.0          Dhcp    Preferred 172.16.0.1  172.16.63.254
        45 Ethernet #2                                     169.254.83.107           16 255.255.0.0                      169.254.0.0         Link    Preferred 169.254.0.1 169.254.255.254
         1 Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1                   127.0.0.1                 8 255.0.0.0                        127.0.0.0      WellKnown    Preferred 127.0.0.1   127.255.255.254