How to release and renew IP address in WinXP

[ReCo]

In windows 98SE and ME I used to type the command winipcfg to release and renew the IP address, how do I do that in Win XP since this command is not available in Win XP?

 

[NesuD]

open up the command line dialogue and type this "ipconfig /release" and "ipconfig /renew" without the quotes.
to get all the other info that winipcfg gives you at the command line type "ipconfig /all"

 

[ReCo]

Thanks a lot, NesuD. This is great, I am back in business.

 

[LS]

As an alternative, Microsoft ported winipcfg to 2K/XP. It is called wntipcfg and functions exactly like winipcfg.

 

[NesuD]

Excellent LS that is much easier to use

 

[stash]

another gui tool...bah

 

[Doh!]

I think the quickest way to release and renew IP address in XP would be to right-click on the network icon in the system tray and hit "repair". Repair renews the IP adress, flush ARP & DNS and reregisters with WINS and DNS.

 

[ReCo]

Thanks, LS. I downloaded the file Wntipcfg.exe and installed it in my computer. I like it because works just like Win98. The only problem is that I can not type in the command line just wntipcfg, don't work. I have to type the complete path and the file extension for it to work. I typed in the command line "C:\Program Files\Resource Kit\wntipcfg.exe" and it worked fine.

 

[stash]

If you put the wntipcfg.exe file in the winnt\system32 directory you will be able to start it from a command prompt no matter what direcotory you are in by typing wntipcfg

 

[spyordie007]

I got tired of typing it on my NT/2K machines and made myself a batchfile a few years back.
start>run>iprenew.bat
😀

Works like a charm... Even my technology inclined girlfriend had no problem using it.

-Spy