What
can we do with Netsh.exe?
With Netsh.exe you can
easily view your TCP/IP settings.
Type the following command in a Command
Prompt window (CMD.EXE):
With Netsh.exe, you
can easily configure your computer's
IP address and other TCP/IP related
settings. For example:
The following command
configures the interface named Local
Area Connection with the static IP
address 192.168.0.100, the subnet mask
of 255.255.255.0, and a default gateway
of 192.168.0.1:
(The above line is one long line, copy
paste it as one line)
Netsh.exe can be also
useful in certain scenarios such as when
you have a portable computer that needs
to be relocated between 2 or more office
locations, while still maintaining a
specific and static IP address
configuration. With Netsh.exe, you can
easily save and restore the appropriate
network configuration.
First, connect your
portable computer to location #1, and
then manually configure the required
settings (such as the IP address, Subnet
Mask, Default Gateway, DNS and WINS
addresses).
Now, you need to
export your current IP settings to a
text file. Use the following command:
When you reach
location #2, do the same thing, only
keep the new settings to a different
file:
You can go on with any
other location you may need, but we'll
keep it simple and only use 2 examples.
Now, whenever you need
to quickly import your IP settings
and change them between location #1 and
location #2, just enter the following
command in a Command Prompt window
(CMD.EXE):
or
and so on.
You can also use the
global EXEC switch instead of -F:
Netsh.exe can also be
used to configure your NIC to
automatically obtain an IP address from
a DHCP server:
Would you like to
configure DNS and WINS addresses
from the Command Prompt? You can. See
this example for DNS:
and this one for WINS:
Or, if you want, you
can configure your NIC to dynamically
obtain it's DNS settings:
As you now see,
Netsh.exe has many features you might
find useful, and that goes beyond saying
even without looking into the other
valuable options that exist in the
command. |
