How to connect a Bluetooth network connection using the command line

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Published on 2010-04-06T13:23:47Z Indexed on 2010/04/06 13:33 UTC
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I can enable a Local Area Network interface for my machine with the command

netsh interface set interface "Local Area Connection" ENABLED

Is there an equivalent command to connect a bluetooth network connection?

I've tried

netsh interface set interface "Bluetooth" ENABLED

but it seems to have no effect, the connection remains disconnected.

I also tried

netsh interface set interface "Bluetooth" connect=CONNECTED

but this returns

One or more essential parameters not specified

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