Windows 2000, XP & 2003 using netsh to change ip settings from cmd line

If you have a pc that you switch between several different networks (most likely a laptop), it can be very annoying typing in static addresses every time. It's much easier to just create two scripts, either with two different sets of static addresses, or with one to switch to your static settings and another to switch back to dhcp.

Static
netsh interface ip set address local static 192.168.0.100 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.1 1
netsh interface ip set dns "Local Area Connection" static 195.112.4.4
netsh interface ip add dns "Local Area Connection" static 195.112.4.7

dhcp
netsh interface ip set address "Local Area Connection" dhcp
netsh interface ip set dns "Local Area Connection" dhcp

If you want to use wins too, just copy the dns lines and replace the word dns with wins.

You can also use netsh int dump > ipsettings.cmd to push your current settings into a ready to edit script file.

There's plenty of other clever things you can do with your ip settings using netsh, but this is my current level of knowledge. If you want to know more, there's tons of stuff you can find in a quick search that I can't quite understand :)

deadmonkey