How to Change the IP address using a batch file

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If you want to change the ip address of your system using the batch file use the following scripts

This code should work in XP,Vista and 2003. Vista users have to run the batch file as an administrator.

(Right click the batch file and click “Run as Administrator”)

For Static IP address

Open notepad and enter the following code now you need to save this file as static.bat after saving this file you need to double click on static.bat file to run

Note:- Change the values according to your settings in the following script

:: Enter your static ip address, Subnet Mask and Default Gateway
netsh interface ip set address name = “Local Area Network Connection” source = static addr = 192.168.0.12 mask = 255.255.255.0 gateway = 192.168.0.2 gwmetric = 1

:: Enter your Preferred DNS Server
netsh interface ip set dns name=”Local Area Network Connection” static 24.92.22.90

:: Enter your Alternate DNS Server, if you dont know remove the following line
netsh interface ip add dns name=”Local Area Network Connection” 24.92.22.102 index=2

For DHCP

Open notepad and enter the following code now you need to save this file as dhcp.bat after saving this file you need to double click on dhcp.bat file to run

netsh interface ip set address name=”Local Area Network Connection” source=dhcp

netsh interface ip set dns name=”Local Area Network Connection” source=dhcp register=primary

netsh interface ip set wins name=”Local Area Network Connection” source=dhcp