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Find and Rename Network Adapters for setting up a Gateway Router on Windows Server
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FindandRenameNetworkAdapters.ps1
#Find External DHCP enabled interface
$External = (Get-NetIPAddress -AddressFamily IPv4).Where{$_.PrefixOrigin -eq 'Dhcp'}
#Rename DHCP adpter to External
Rename-NetAdapter -Name $External.InterfaceAlias -NewName 'External'
#Find Internal adpater
$Internal = (Get-NetIPAddress -AddressFamily IPv4).Where{$_.PrefixOrigin -ne 'Dhcp' -and $_.InterfaceAlias -notmatch 'Loopback'}
Rename-NetAdapter -Name $Internal.InterfaceAlias -NewName 'Internal'
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