How can I use a command line to set IP address information on a client's NIC?

John Savill

March 27, 2005

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A. Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP provide the Netsh utility, which, among its many capabilities, can configure the IP properties of NICs. To set a static IP address, use this format:netsh interface ip set address local static as in the following example:netsh interface ip set address local static 192.168.1.15255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1 1(Some command lines wrap to two lines here because of space constraints.)To set a client's NIC DNS settings, run this command:netsh interface ip set dns local static 192.168.1.150primaryTo set a client back to DHCP, run these commands:netsh interface ip set address local source=dhcpnetsh interface ip set dns local source=dhcp

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