net-connections

For connecting to and from networked resources, eg. SMB, SSH, Wireguard

SSH

Remember to not use strict host checking for automating ssh login.

ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no $target

• every subsequent logins will be immediate

SSH Server

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/openssh/openssh_install_firstuse?tabs=gui&pivots=windows-11
Install

Add-WindowsCapability -Online -Name OpenSSH.Server

• this takes a very long time

Enable —now

Set-Service -Name sshd -StartupType 'Automatic'
Start-Service sshd

SSH Authorized Keys

gsudo vim 'C:\ProgramData\ssh\sshd_config'

Ensure these lines are deleted

Match Group administrators
    AuthorizedKeysFile **PROGRAMDATA**/ssh/administrators_authorized_keys

Use PowerShell as default shell (must run everything as admin)
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/openssh/openssh-server-configuration

$NewItemPropertyParams = @{
    Path         = "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\OpenSSH"
    Name         = "DefaultShell"
    Value        = "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"
    PropertyType = "String"
    Force        = $true
}
New-ItemProperty @NewItemPropertyParams

SMB

Server

New-SmbShare -Name Exports -Path "C:\Users\hubcc\Desktop\Exports" -FullAccess "hubcc"

• Name
• Path (preferably absolute path or resolved path)
• FullAccess can provide the username of the computer (or use $(whoami))

Remove-SmbShare -Name ""

Client

Must run this on non-admin.

New-PSDrive -Name "R" -Root \\10.10.120.16\data_share -Persist -Scope Global -PSProvider FileSystem

• Name: the drive letter
• Root: the IP address and path of SMB share
• Persist: required to make it show up in Windows Explorer
• -Scope Global -PSProvider Filesystem

You may need to use cmdkey to add SMB credential into Windows Credential

cmdkey /add:"10.10.120.67" /user:"username" /pass:'passw0rd'

• the /add puts it into Windows Credential

Remove

Remove-PSDrive -Name ""

cmdkey /delete:"10.10.120.67"

NFS

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -FeatureName ServicesForNFS-ClientOnly, ClientForNFS-Infrastructure -Online -NoRestart

Iperf3

Iperf used for network testing, for instruction on how to use instead of installation refer to iperf3

winget install ar51an.iperf3

Proxmox

Spice connection uses this software
The connection files/shortcut will be placed in

%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\spice

Virt viewer must be installed, see Proxmox VM

cv4pve

https://github.com/Corsinvest/cv4pve-pepper

winget install Corsinvest.cv4pve.pepper

Basic usage

cv4pve-pepper.exe --host $env:PVE_HOST --api-token $env:PVE_TOKEN --vmid 670 --viewer `C:\Program Files\VirtViewer v11.0-256\bin\remote-viewer.exe`

• PVE_HOST
• API_TOKEN or username and password
• VMID
• Virt Viewer Location

Setting environment variables

[System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("PVE_HOST", "10.10.120.8", [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::User)

Using shortcuts

• create a shortcut using the following script

$shortcutPath = "C:\Users\hubcc\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\spice\devbox.lnk"
 
$shell = New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell
$shortcut = $shell.CreateShortcut($shortcutPath)
 
$shortcut.TargetPath = "cv4pve-pepper.exe"
$shortcut.Arguments = '--host %PVE_HOST% --api-token %PVE_TOKEN% --vmid 670 --viewer "C:\Program Files\VirtViewer v11.0-256\bin\remote-viewer.exe"'
$shortcut.Description = "This is a modified shortcut"
$shortcut.WorkingDirectory = "C:\Windows\System32"
 
$shortcut.Save()
 
Write-Host "Shortcut updated and saved."

RustDesk (Incoming)

https://github.com/auchavez/Rust-Desk-Client-Deployment
Specific script https://raw.githubusercontent.com/auchavez/Rust-Desk-Client-Deployment/refs/heads/main/Client-Deployment.ps1

Changes is required for the it to work
Remove these lines

# === Custom Configuration ===
$rendezvousAddress = "your.domain.com"
$relayPort         = "21116"
$publicKey         = "REPLACE_ME_PUBLIC_KEY"
===
$tomlContent = @"
rendezvous_server = '$rendezvousAddress:$relayPort'
nat_type = 1
serial = 0
===
custom-rendezvous-server = '$rendezvousAddress'
key = '$publicKey'
whitelist = '192.168.1.1,10.0.0.1,172.16.0.0/16'

Change the password

$passwordPlain     = "REPLACE_ME_PASSWORD"