PONI

Plain Open Network Interface: a portable Windows network-profile switcher

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Download

One portable .exe. No installer, no dependencies. It raises its own UAC prompt and keeps everything in %APPDATA%\PONI\.

Get it

1. Click Download PONI v1.0 (or the Releases page).
2. Put PONI.exe wherever you want (a folder, a USB stick). Nothing else to copy.
3. Double-click, accept the UAC prompt, done.

What it does

PONI has two screens.

Network profiles

The interface for the IP configurations you switch between often.

• Create, edit, delete and apply profiles. A profile holds an IP address, a subnet mask (255.255.255.0 form), a gateway and any number of DNS servers, all validated as you type.

• Import current config fills a new profile straight from an adapter's real settings.

• On apply, you choose the target each time (it is not baked into the profile):

  • a host network adapter, or
  • a running Hyper-V VM plus one of its adapters, applied via PowerShell Direct. Inside the VM the right adapter is found by MAC address, so its Ethernet N name does not matter.

  PONI remembers your last target per profile and shows when it was last applied.

• Export / import: save a profile set to a JSON file, all of them or a hand-picked selection, and import one back. Handy to move configs between machines or share custom ones with someone.

• Simple or detailed table: a compact view (name / IP+mask / last target) or a full one with separate IP, mask, gateway and DNS columns.

• A panel at the top shows the PC's current live network config.

RJ45 port for VM

The interface for Hyper-V VMs: it decides whether the PC's physical RJ45 port feeds Windows (the host) or a virtual machine.

• One click routes the port to the host or to any detected VM.
• PONI creates and removes the Hyper-V switch it needs on its own, adds the adapter inside the VM, and tears it all down when you switch back.
• A permanent banner explains the concept and a coloured box always shows where the port points right now.

Throughout

• French / English, switchable at any time.
• Every network action is checked against the real system before it is reported as done, and runs in the background so the window never freezes.
• A resizable log at the bottom keeps a timestamped, colour-coded history; a button opens the log folder.

Requirements

• Windows 10 / 11 (x64), administrator rights (the UAC prompt is automatic).
• PowerShell 5.1 + WPF / .NET Framework, already present on any up-to-date Windows.
• Hyper-V only for the VM and RJ45↔VM features.

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For developers

Everything is in one file: PONI.ps1 (business logic + the WPF UI as embedded XAML).

Build

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\Build.ps1

Build.ps1 pulls the ps2exe module if it's missing, embeds assets/PONI_icon.png as the in-app logo, takes the exe icon from assets/PONI_icon.ico, and compiles PONI.ps1 into PONI.exe (-requireAdmin -noConsole -STA -x64 -DPIAware).

If Group Policy forces RemoteSigned and the script is blocked, run Unblock-File .\Build.ps1 once.

Modify

Edit PONI.ps1, run Build.ps1 again. That's the whole loop. PONI.exe is not committed; it ships as a Release asset.

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License

MIT © 2026 Gaëtan Lacoffrette