What happens when you change Windows server 2016 network location?

David W 0 Reputation points
2023-02-09T00:41:16.22+00:00

Hi all I have inherited a problem I'd like to fix but am not super knowledgeable about windows server. I have a windows server 2016/19 (can't remember right now) Its running as a WORKGROUP. (BEFORE YOU ASK I CANT CHANGE IT) but the issue I'm having is all the clients attached to it pull a "Public" network location. And for remote management I would like them to pull "private" network location. (Alot of scripting issues on "Public") I looked into this and from what I understand that's the default, which is fine. I'm just curious if I took that adapter and changed the network location how much would i be messing up? If it helps this server has 2 nics one to the units I'm trying to manage which as far as I can tell has a private location. But the other nic is on a different network (our domain) and is set public but from what I've been told our vendor uses that to remote in. Any more info needed I'd be happy to get tomorrow at work . I forgot to add the the units are Win 7 Home Premium (Trust me I know the issues with this, but we have no internet, and not a decision I have power over)

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  1. Dave Patrick 426.1K Reputation points MVP
    2023-02-09T01:02:20.79+00:00

    You can do this easily with some PowerShell. First 

    Get-NetConnectionProfile

    and press enter. Some information is then shown about the active network connection. Then you can use 

    Set-NetConnectionProfile -Name "NetworkName" -NetworkCategory Private

    (replace 'NetworkName' with the value of the 'Name' from above command)

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  2. Limitless Technology 43,966 Reputation points
    2023-02-09T15:33:50.2666667+00:00

    Hi. Thank you for your question and reaching out. I’d be more than happy to help you with your query

    When you change the network location in Windows Server 2016, it will modify the security settings for the network connection and apply the appropriate policies accordingly. For example, if the network is set to "Public" it will apply the security settings associated with public networks, and if the network is set to "Private" it will apply the security settings associated with private networks. Additionally, certain firewall rules may be enabled or disabled depending on the network type.

    If the reply was helpful, please don’t forget to upvote or accept as answer, thank you.

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