When I had to set IP address and often changed it, it’s not fun and not convenient to configure all details with Window GUI. cmd /f is what I prefer.
Let’s display the interface’s details
C:\>netsh interface ip show address
Configuration for interface "Local Area Connection"
DHCP enabled: No
IP Address: 192.168.51.243
SubnetMask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.51.21
GatewayMetric: 1
InterfaceMetric: 0
C:\>netsh interface ip show config
Configuration for interface "Local Area Connection"
DHCP enabled: No
IP Address: 192.168.51.243
SubnetMask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.51.21
GatewayMetric: 1
InterfaceMetric: 0
Statically Configured DNS Servers: 192.168.3.1
Statically Configured WINS Servers: None
Register with which suffix: Primary only
Now, IP address setting is in our control.
C:\>netsh interface ip set address name="Local Area Connection" static 192.168.51.243 255.255.255.0 192.168.51.21 1
Ok.
Do you notice the number behind the gateway address?
That’s gateway metric. So we can set more gateway to our machine.
C:\>netsh interface ip set dns "Local Area Connection" static 192.168.3.1
Ok.
If IP address is distributed with DHCP, configuration is not much different.
C:\>netsh interface ip set address name="Local Area Connection" dhcp
Ok.
C:\>netsh interface ip set dns "Local Area Connection" dhcp
Ok.
With netsh command, IP address setting is more convenient.
