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I have this powershell script that changes the DNS settings. The below script works fine, but I want to filter by MAC address to make sure I'm changing the correct NIC.

$computer = "pc01"

$NICs = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration -Computer $computer -Filter "IPEnabled=TRUE"

$DNSServers = "192.168.1.1","192.168.1.2"

foreach($NIC in $NICs) { $NICs.SetDNSServerSearchOrder($DNSServers)

So I changed the filter to use the MACaddress. But I get the following error.

$computer = "pc01"

$NICs = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration -Computer $computer -Filter "MACAddress=00:1E:55:40:70:E8"

$DNSServers = "192.168.1.1","192.168.1.2"

foreach($NIC in $NICs) { $NICs.SetDNSServerSearchOrder($DNSServers)

Output:

Invalid query + $NICs = Get-WmiObject <<<< -Class Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration -Computer $computer -Filter "MACAddress=00:1E:65:40:80:E4"

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression. + $NICs.SetDNSServerSearchOrder <<<< ($DNSServers)

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Try a Where clause for MAC Address: $NICs = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration -Computer $computer | Where {$_.MACAddress -eq $MAC}

Worked for me

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Put the ' marks around what is being filtered. Using -filter is preferable over using where {} because of how the data is handled. Using the where {} involves loading all the objects from the Get-WmiObject and then filtering them. Using the -filter will do the filtering right away, so you end up with less data being worked through and less time to run the script.

$NICs = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration -Computer $computer -Filter "MACAddress='00:1E:55:40:70:E8'"
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