Is there any command to display active Ethernet connection name?

Question

I need to display connected Ethernet name.

I used the following command to get WLAN connected network (Wi-Fi).

C:\Users\User>netsh wlan show interface | findstr /i "SSID"  name
    SSID                   : HOME
    BSSID                  : bc:62:d2:4a:a1:48

An error message is output if I run the following command next:

C:\Users\User>netsh lan show interface command

The Wired AutoConfig Service (dot3svc) is not running.

But after I started the service, I still do not get the active connected Ethernet name.

C:\Users\User>netsh lan show interface command

There is 1 interface on the system:

    Name             : Ethernet
    Description      : Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller
    GUID             : e901d916-86f4-4070-9941-47a9a325537a
    Physical Address : 98-E7-43-0F-8F-84
    State            : Connected. Network does not support authentication.

Can anyone help me to get the Ethernet name Home on wired LAN connection?

Please also try showing the `profiles` and instead of the `interfaces`. `%SystemRoot%\System32\netsh.exe LAN Show Profiles`. — Compo, Aug 02 '21 at 14:09
Does this help? [`wmic`](https://ss64.com/nt/wmic.html)`NIC get AdapterType,AdapterTypeId,Caption,DeviceID,Name,NetConnectionID,NetConnectionStatus,NetEnabled,PhysicalAdapter /VALUE` — aschipfl, Aug 02 '21 at 16:58
@Compo When i use profiles, i got only these details not the name of the connected network!! C:\WINDOWS\system32>%SystemRoot%\System32\netsh.exe LAN Show Profiles Profile Version : 1 Type : Wired LAN AutoConfig Version : 1 802.1x : Enabled 802.1x : Not Enforced EAP type : Microsoft: Protected EAP (PEAP) 802.1X auth credential : [Profile credential not valid] Cache user information : [Yes] Machine profile is not installed on this device. — Shivamanikandan, Aug 03 '21 at 05:17
@aschipfl Nope! It doesn't provide connected network name. its showing only adapter properties & details — Shivamanikandan, Aug 03 '21 at 05:22

Compo · Accepted Answer · 2021-08-15T13:08:15.850

The following command, entered directly in cmd, should display the name of the connected network profile(s), regardless of whether they are wired or wireless, on a Windows 8 / Server 2012 Operating System or newer.

For /F Tokens^=6^ Delims^=^" %G In ('%SystemRoot%\System32\wbem\WMIC.exe /NameSpace:\\Root\StandardCimv2 Path MSFT_NetConnectionProfile Where "IPv4Connectivity='4'" Get Name /Format:MOF 2^>NUL') Do @Echo %G

From a batch-file, for GUI double-click, it would look a little more like this:

@(For /F Tokens^=6^ Delims^=^" %%G In ('%SystemRoot%\System32\wbem\WMIC.exe
 /NameSpace:\\Root\StandardCimv2 Path MSFT_NetConnectionProfile Where
 "IPv4Connectivity='4'" Get Name /Format:MOF 2^>NUL') Do @Echo %%G) & Pause

Is there any command to display active Ethernet connection name?

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