Setting the IP Address from the Command Line

When you are building a Windows server from the command line, GUI interfaces are not available. Here are two methods of setting IP configuration from the command line.

Set IP Address Configuration with PowerShell

First, get the network adapter information with Get-NetAdapter:

PS C:\Users\Administrator> get-netadapter Name InterfaceDescription ifIndex Status MacAddress LinkSpeed ---- -------------------- ------- ------ ---------- --------- Ethernet Microsoft Hyper-V Network Adapter 6 Up 00-15-5D-55-F4-0D 260 Mbps

Using the information from the output above, set the IP configuration of the interface (ifIndex):

New-NetIPAddress -InterfaceIndex 6 -IPAddress 192.168.1.199 -PrefixLength 24 -DefaultGateway 192.168.1.1 Set-DnsClientServerAddress -InterfaceIndex 6 -ServerAddresses 192.168.1.2, 192.168.1.3

Set IP Address Configuration with NetSh

First, get the information needed by displaying the installed interfaces:

PS C:\Users\Administrator> netsh interface show interface Admin State State Type Interface Name ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enabled Connected Dedicated Ethernet

Using the Interface Name information from the output, configure the interface:

Netsh int ipv4 set address "Ethernet" static 192.168.1.199 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1 Netsh int ipv4 set dnsserver "Ethernet" static 192.168.1.2 primary Netsh int ipv4 set dnsserver "Ethernet" static 192.168.1.3 secondary

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Posted: 2022-03-23
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