Posts tagged IP address

command line networking: ipconfig

command line networking: ipconfig

This is a video on the command ipconfig and many of the things that it does. Ipconfig can release/renew your IP address It will also show information about your network card. It also allows you to create specialized scope options if you have a Windows DHCP server. It will register your machine with the DNS server and show DNS records stored by your machine.

set static IP addresses

set static IP addresses

How to set a static IP Address on Server 2008 through command line and GUI. Also how to modify automatically provided IP Addresses (APIPA).

Commands used…
netsh interface ipv4 set address “Local Area Connection” static 10.0.0.2 255.0.0.0 10.0.0.1 1

netsh interface ipv4 set dnsserver “Local Area Connection” static 10.0.0.1 primary

netsh interface ipv4 set address “Local Area Connection” dhcp

netsh interface ipv4 set dnsserver “Local Area Connection” dhcp

subnetting IP addresses part 5

subnetting IP addresses part 5

How to subnet. It’s amazing the number of network guys that I meet that never understand IP Addresses. I’ve had to explain it so many times, that I’ve pretty much got a routine down. I’m to the point now that it becomes hard to explain this stuff to others.