IP Question

[James2k]

How do I release and renew the ip on my win2k box. I know that in NT 4 you can use WNTIPCFG and that works all good and fine on my dad's NT4 box. But I need to do this on my 2k box. How do I do this?

 

[MitchSchaft]

Hit "Start" go to "Run" type "cmd" type "ipconfig /?" at the prompt. It tells you what to do.

 

[GreenGecko]

Under W2k, run the following from a command prompt or the Start - Run option on the menu:

ipconfig /renew

The actual help for the IPCONFIG command is as follows: (gotten by using ipconfig/? from a command prompt in W2k)
USAGE:
ipconfig [/? | /all | /release [adapter] | /renew [adapter]
| /flushdns | /registerdns
| /showclassid adapter
| /setclassid adapter [classidtoset] ]

adapter Full name or pattern with '*' and '?' to 'match',
* matches any character, ? matches one character.
Options
/? Display this help message.
/all Display full configuration information.
/release Release the IP address for the specified adapter.
/renew Renew the IP address for the specified adapter.
/flushdns Purges the DNS Resolver cache.
/registerdns Refreshes all DHCP leases and re-registers DNS names
/displaydns Display the contents of the DNS Resolver Cache.
/showclassid Displays all the dhcp class IDs allowed for adapter.
/setclassid Modifies the dhcp class id.

The default is to display only the IP address, subnet mask and
default gateway for each adapter bound to TCP/IP.

For Release and Renew, if no adapter name is specified, then the IP address
leases for all adapters bound to TCP/IP will be released or renewed.

For SetClassID, if no class id is specified, then the classid is removed.

Examples:
> ipconfig ... Show information.
> ipconfig /all ... Show detailed information
> ipconfig /renew ... renew all adapaters
> ipconfig /renew EL* ... renew adapters named EL....
> ipconfig /release *ELINK?21* ... release all matching adapters,
eg. ELINK-21, myELELINKi21adapter.

Hope this helps.

 

[ScottMac]

If you figure you're gonna be using it alot, just put an icon on the desktop.

Right Click |New|Shortcut|ipconfig - verify it and finish.

Now when you want to check it, or release/renew it's on the desktop.

FWIW

Scott