Help with NETSH INTERFACE IP Please

2 Sep 2006 6:31 PM

DaDuck

I'm trying to write a batch file to set the local IP address to static as
follows:

netsh interface ip set address name="Local Area Connection" source=static
addr=10.0.0.55 mask=255.255.255.0 gateway=10.0.5.1

I keep getting "the syntex for this command is not valid" What's worng with
it... Any help would be much appreciated.
Alan

2 Sep 2006 7:23 PM

Steve Winograd [MVP]

In article <6080722C-4FB4-41A6-972B-C2E1DFB32***@microsoft.com>,
DaDuck <DaD***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>
>I'm trying to write a batch file to set the local IP address to static as
>follows:
>
>netsh interface ip set address name="Local Area Connection" source=static
>addr=10.0.0.55 mask=255.255.255.0 gateway=10.0.5.1
>
>I keep getting "the syntex for this command is not valid" What's worng with
>it... Any help would be much appreciated.
>Alan

When you specify a gateway address, you also have to specify a value
for the gateway metric. For example:

   netsh interface ip set address name="Local Area Connection"
   source=static addr=10.0.0.55 mask=255.255.255.0
   gateway=10.0.5.1 gwmetric=10

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