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Arguments

Following command line arguments are supported at the moment.

bridgeutil.exe /install
bridgeutil.exe /uninstall
bridgeutil.exe /attach
bridgeutil.exe /detach

Calling bridgeutil without any arguments shows the command line help and also lists all bridgeable adapters with continuous index (only if a bridge adapter is installed).

Examples

These are some usage examples.

bridgeutil.exe /attach "PCI\VEN_10EC&DEV_8169" /attach {5d624f94-8850-40c3-a3fa-a4fd2080baf3}\vwifimp

Attaches each Realtek 8169 Network Interface Cards and Microsoft Virtual Wifi Adapter to bridge. If the bridge is not installed yet, it will be installed first.

bridgeutil.exe /detach 1

Detaches adapter with id 1 from bridge.

bridgeutil.exe /uninstall

Removes all adapters from bridge and uninstalls the bridge adapter. The bridge service will not be uninstalled. Detaching includes unbinding from bridge service and binding to all installed bindable network protocols, clients and services.

New in Version 1.0.1.0

Possibillity introduced to support multiple network adapters with the same hardware id. /attach can have a second argument. This argument either specifies the network adapter physical address (MAC address) or the interface alias name. It is not necessary to specify full name/address, specifying only first part is allowed like in:

bridgeutil.exe /attach "PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_15A1" D0:50:99

This will attaches all Intel network adapters with the specified hardware id and starting with MAC address D0:50:99.

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