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The network adapter name cannot be retrieved by using ifAlias if the network adapter name contains multibyte characters

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Symptoms

Consider the following scenario:
  • You have a network that is running the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).
  • You use a SNMP agent to monitor the network.
  • You send an ifAlias request to return the network adapter name from the network.
In this scenario, the SNMP agent cannot collect the network adapter name from the network by using the ifAlias request.

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Cause

This issue occurs when the network adapter name contains multibyte characters. This behavior is by design. The IfAlias request can only use ASCII characters as mandated by RFC 2863. For more information about RFC 2863, visit the following Internet Engineering Task Force webpage:
RFC 2863

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Workaround

To work around this issue, and obtain the network adapter name, use the following sample Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) script.

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strComputer = "." 

Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\CIMV2") 

Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery( _

"SELECT * FROM Win32_NetworkAdapter where PhysicalAdapter=TRUE",,48) 

For Each objItem in colItems 

Wscript.Echo "Win32_NetworkAdapter instance - NetConnectionID: " &objItem.NetConnectionID

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Article Info
Article ID : 2639402
Revision : 1
Created on : 1/7/2017
Published on : 12/16/2011
Exists online : False
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