WinXP Command Line IP settings?

[MikePikeFL]

I'd like to make some scripts that allow me to change my IP address and relevant information through the command line so when I change from my home network to my work network (and vice versa) I don't have to right click... properties... type it all in, etc.

IP config only allows you to view the information, just like winipcfg back in the day. Is there any way to do this without buying a third party app? I have it all set up in Linux (thank God for BASH), but it'd really make like life easier if I could do it in XP too...

Thanks!

 

[DnetMHZ]

there is a utility that is part of the WinXP resource kit called netsh.exe that allows command line changes to network settings.

Check it out here

good luck
DnetMHZ

 

[MikePikeFL]

Eureka! NETSH was the solution to my problem. It took a bit of head banging... even following the instructions to a T did not prove fruitful until a lesson I learned with Linux came back- always quote or escape spaces/special characters! I now have to scripts (batch files calling
netsh calling script files) to switch between home and work! Thanks a lot!

 

[DnetMHZ]

Eureka! NETSH was the solution to my problem. It took a bit of head banging... even following the instructions to a T did not prove fruitful until a lesson I learned with Linux came back- always quote or escape spaces/special characters! I now have to scripts (batch files calling
netsh calling script files) to switch between home and work! Thanks a lot!

Good to hear that worked out for ya.

DnetMHZ

 

[cirrus1]

yep netsh is a life saver for us that move around

 

[n0cmonkey]

Originally posted by: cirrus1
yep netsh is a life saver for us that move around

Just wait till Windows catches up with Mac OS X

I have a network profile for work, and a network profile for home...