The Win32_NetworkConnection WMI class represents an active network connection in a Windows-based environment.

The following syntax is simplified from Managed Object Format (MOF) code and includes all of the inherited properties. Properties and methods are in alphabetic order, not MOF order.

class Win32_NetworkConnection : CIM_LogicalElement
{
  uint32 AccessMask[];
  string Caption;
  string Comment;
  string ConnectionState;
  string ConnectionType;
  string Description;
  string DisplayType;
  datetime InstallDate;
  string LocalName;
  string Name;
  boolean Persistent;
  string ProviderName;
  string RemoteName;
  string RemotePath;
  string ResourceType;
  string Status;
  string UserName;
};

Methods

The Win32_NetworkConnection class does not define any methods.

Properties

The Win32_NetworkConnection class defines the following properties.

AccessMask

Data type: uint32 array
Access type: Read-only

List of access rights to the given file or directory held by the user or group on whose behalf the instance is returned. This property is only supported under Windows 2000 and Windows NT. On Windows 98 and on Windows 2000 of Windows NT FAT volumes, the FULL_ACCESS value is returned instead, indicating no security has been set on the object.

Value	Meaning
FILE_READ_DATA (file) FILE_LIST_DIRECTORY (directory) 0 0x0	Grants the right to read data from the file. For a directory, this value grants the right to list the contents of the directory.
FILE_WRITE_DATA (file) FILE_ADD_FILE (directory) 1 0x1	Grants the right to write data to the file. For a directory, this value grants the right to create a file in the directory.
FILE_APPEND_DATA (file) FILE_ADD_SUBDIRECTORY 4 0x4	Grants the right to append data to the file. For a directory, this value grants the right to create a subdirectory.
FILE_READ_EA 8 0x8	Grants the right to read extended attributes.
FILE_WRITE_EA 16 0x10	Grants the right to write extended attributes.
FILE_EXECUTE (file) FILE_TRAVERSE (directory) 32 0x20	Grants the right to execute a file. For a directory, the directory can be traversed.
FILE_DELETE_CHILD 64 0x40	Grants the right to delete a directory and all of the files it contains (its children), even if the files are read-only.
FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES 128 0x80	Grants the right to read file attributes.
FILE_WRITE_ATTRIBUTES 256 0x100	Grants the right to change file attributes.
DELETE 65536 0x10000	Grants delete access.
READ_CONTROL 131072 0x20000	Grants read access to the security descriptor and owner.
WRITE_DAC 262144 0x40000	Grants write access to the discretionary access control list (DACL).
WRITE_OWNER 524288 0x80000	Assigns the write owner.
SYNCHRONIZE 1048576 0x100000	Synchronizes access and allows a process to wait for an object to enter the signaled state.

Caption

Data type: string
Access type: Read-only

Short description (one-line string) of the object.

Comment

Data type: string
Access type: Read-only

Comment supplied by the network provider.

ConnectionState

Data type: string
Access type: Read-only
Qualifiers: MaxLen(20)

Current state of the network connection.

The values are:

"Connected"

"Error"

"Paused"

"Disconnected"

"Connecting"

"Reconnecting"

ConnectionType

Data type: string
Access type: Read-only

Persistence type of the connection used for connecting to the network.

The values are:

"Current Connection"

"Persistent Connection"

Description

Data type: string
Access type: Read-only

Description of the object.

DisplayType

Data type: string
Access type: Read-only

Network object should be displayed in a network browsing user interface.

The values are:

"Domain"

"Generic"

"Server"

"Share"

InstallDate

Data type: datetime
Access type: Read-only

Object was installed. This property does not need a value to indicate that the object is installed.

LocalName

Data type: string
Access type: Read-only

Local name of the connected network device.

Example: "c:\public"

Name

Data type: string
Access type: Read-only
Qualifiers: Key

Name of the current network connection. It is the combination of the values in RemoteName and LocalName.

Example: "\\NTRELEASE (c:\public)"

Persistent

Data type: boolean
Access type: Read-only

Connection will be reconnected automatically by the operating system on the next logon.

ProviderName

Data type: string
Access type: Read-only

Name of the provider that owns the resource. This property can be NULL if the provider name is unknown.

RemoteName

Data type: string
Access type: Read-only

Remote network resource name for a network resource. For a current or persistent connection, RemoteName contains the network name associated with the name of the value in the LocalName property. The name in RemoteName must follow the network provider's naming conventions.

Example: "\\NTRELEASE"

RemotePath

Data type: string
Access type: Read-only

Full path to the network resource.

Example: "\\infosrv1\public"

ResourceType

Data type: string
Access type: Read-only

Type of resource to enumerate or connect to.

The values are:

"Disk"

"Print"

"Any"

Status

Data type: string
Access type: Read-only

Current status of the object. Various operational and nonoperational statuses can be defined. Operational statuses include: "OK", "Degraded", and "Pred Fail" (an element, such as a SMART-enabled hard disk drive, may be functioning properly but predicting a failure in the near future). Nonoperational statuses include: "Error", "Starting", "Stopping", and "Service". The latter, "Service", could apply during mirror-resilvering of a disk, reload of a user permissions list, or other administrative work. Not all such work is online, yet the managed element is neither "OK" nor in one of the other states.

The values are:

"OK"

"Error"

"Degraded"

"Unknown"

"Pred Fail"

"Starting"

"Stopping"

"Service"

"Stressed"

"NonRecover"

"No Contact"

"Lost Comm"

UserName

Data type: string
Access type: Read-only

User name or the default user name used to establish a network connection.

Example: "SYSTEM"

Remarks

The Win32_NetworkConnection class is derived from CIM_LogicalElement.

Example Code

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Requirements

See Also

Operating System Classes

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