Monitor-NIC

Monitors a NIC (DevideID 1 in this example) events (network cable unplugged, NIC disabled, etc.)

<#
.SYNOPSIS
	Monitor-NIC.ps1 - Monitors a NIC connectivity events
.DESCRIPTION
	Monitor-NIC - Monitors a NIC (DevideID 1 in this example) events (network cable unplugged, NIC disabled, etc.)
.NOTES
	File Name	: Monitor-NIC.ps1 
	Author		: Fabrice ZERROUKI - fabricezerrouki@hotmail.com
#>
$Interval=5
Write-Host ""
while (1 -eq 1) {
	$query=Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_NetworkAdapter -ComputerName localhost | Where { $_.DeviceID -eq 1 }
	$name=$query | % {$_.name}
	$status=$query | % {$_.NetConnectionStatus}
 
	if ($status -eq 0)
	{
	$EventTime=(Get-Date).ToShortTimeString()
	$EventDate=(Get-Date).ToShortDateString()
	Write-Host "`"$name`" nic has been disabled today ($EventDate) at $EventTime." -ForegroundColor DarkYellow;
	}
	elseif ($status -eq 2)
	{
	Write-Host "Network cable is connected on `"$name`" nic." -ForegroundColor DarkGreen;
	}
	elseif ($status -eq 5)
	{
	$EventTime=(Get-Date).ToShortTimeString()
	$EventDate=(Get-Date).ToShortDateString()
	Write-Host "`"$name`" nic has been disabled today ($EventDate) at $EventTime." -ForegroundColor DarkYellow;
	}
	elseif ($status -eq 7)
	{
	$EventTime=(Get-Date).ToShortTimeString()
	$EventDate=(Get-Date).ToShortDateString()
	Write-Host "Network cable has been disconnected today ($EventDate) on `"$name`" nic at $EventTime." -ForegroundColor DarkYellow;
	}
	else
	{
	$EventTime=(Get-Date).ToShortTimeString()
	$EventDate=(Get-Date).ToShortDateString()
	Write-Host "An unidentified problem has been detected today ($EventDate) on `"$name`" nic at $EventTime." -ForegroundColor DarkYellow;
	Write-Host "Status code is 0x$status"
	}
	sleep($Interval)
}