GWMI Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration - Display Description and IP Address but only IPV4 (Exclude IPV6)

relatively new to Powershell.

I'm trying to output the Description and IPAddress values from the following code, without it outputing the IPV6 addresses with it.

I want the Description and the IPAddress values, I've managed to get it to output just IPV4 by doing Select -Expand IPAddress and a Like command, but I want the description to, when I try to add Description via select it just breaks the entire thing.

Below is as close as I've come, shows me Description + IP Address, but I want to hide the IPV6 to keep it neat.

gwmi Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration -computername $endpointip |
             Where { $_.IPAddress -notlike '*::*'  } | Where {$_.Description -like '*GbE*' -or $_.Description -like '*Ethernet*' -or $_.Description -like '*Wi-Fi*'-or $_.Description -like '*Wireless*' -or $_.Description -like '*Cisco*'}| # filter the objects where an address actually exists
                             Select Description, IPAddress| Out-String # retrieve only the property *value*

Also tried it

$_.IPAddress -like '*.*.*'

However that just outputs like the below, I don't want the IPV6 Addresses

`Description                                                                      IPAddress                                                          
-----------                                                                      ---------                                                          
Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9560 160MHz                                                 {192.168.0.16, fe80::50d0:fda6:44ee:237d}                          
Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller                                                                                                                  
Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter                                                                                                              
Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter                                                                                                              
Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client Virtual Miniport Adapter for Windows x64 {x.x.x.x, xxxx::xxxx:xxxxx:xxxx, xxxx::xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx}
Realtek USB GbE Family Controller `

Or like this

Description                                                                      IPAddress                                                          
-----------                                                                      ---------                                                          
Intel(R) Wireless-AC 9560 160MHz                                                 {192.168.0.16, fe80::50d0:fda6:44ee:237d}                          
Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client Virtual Miniport Adapter for Windows x64 {xx.xx.xx.xx, xxxx::xxxx:xxxxx:xxxx, xxxx::xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx}

Any help would be appreciated, thanks

Solution

What you're trying to filter by is working as it's suppose to, in regard to how PowerShell "thinks". *.*.* will get the objects that have a value in IPAddress matching *.*.*, but it's not excluding the other values. The immediate fix would be using a calculated property to extract that IP address:

gwmi Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration -computername $endpointip | 
    Where {$_.Description -like '*GbE*' -or $_.Description -like '*Ethernet*' -or $_.Description -like '*Wi-Fi*'-or $_.Description -like '*Wireless*' -or $_.Description -like '*Cisco*'} | 
    Select Description, @{
        Name = 'IPAddress'
        Expression = { $_.IPAddress | Select -First 1}
    }

Here, you tell it to select just the first object value in IPAddress which is almost always the IPv4 Address.

You can also use a filter against it to ensure that IP Address is matched using $_.IPAddress | ? { $_ -like '*.*' } instead.

Without knowing your PS version, Get-CimInstance superseded Get-WMIObject as of PS 3.0+ where it's not supported in PS core either.