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Created May 2, 2018 20:37
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Sets metered connection on in Windows 10 for wifi in the train (NS Holland). In that way wifi is faster because background tasks are paused.
$wifiProfile = "WiFi in de trein";
#$wifiProfile = "Guest Hotspot";
# Get list of saved Wifi connections
#netsh wlan show profiles
# Show details of Wifi connection
$output = netsh wlan show profiles name=$wifiProfile key=clean
$costs = $output | Select-String -Pattern 'Cost'
$cost = ($costs -split ":")[2].Trim() -replace '""'
if ($cost -eq 'Unrestricted') {
Write-Host "Set metered connection on"
netsh wlan set profileparameter name=$wifiProfile cost=Fixed
}
else {
Write-Host "Set metered connection off"
netsh wlan set profileparameter name=$wifiProfile cost=Unrestricted
}
#netsh wlan show profiles name=$wifiProfile
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