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Shortcut to TCP/IP Properties

Asked by: bluebirds1984

I'm sick of the constant clicking I have to do to get to the TCP/IP properties, as I change my IP a lot when configureing equiptment.

is there a shortcut i can type in RUN to get to it?

for example to get to Calculator you can type calc and command you type cmd.

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2005-04-01 at 06:47:19ID21372888
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Answers

 

by: jordi169Posted on 2005-04-01 at 07:30:28ID: 13681606

it's not that easy for this one.  most of your commands that you type in like: calc and ipconfig, are executables located in your system 32 folder.  If you can find the executable that runs the tcp/ip configuration you're golden.  I looked at the system32 briefly but found nothing.

 

by: bwalker1Posted on 2005-04-01 at 08:43:21ID: 13682268

I created a shortcut to to my local area connection, placed the shortcut in the %systemroot%\windows\system32 directory and named the shortcut "net".  Now I can go to start->run, type in "net.lnk" and it opens the local area connection window.

 

by: oBdAPosted on 2005-04-01 at 10:19:18ID: 13683017

You can use this script; put it someplace into the path, then call it with the location as argument (or create some shortcuts with the proper arguments).
Just specify the name of the connection to configure, and add locations like the sample locations you find.
To switch between the different settings, simply add the location label without the square brackets as argument; examples:
setip dhcp
setip loc1
setip loc2

====8<----[SetIP.cmd]----
@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
:: *** name of the IP connection to configure:
set LAN=LAN Connection

set LogFile=%~dpn0.log
if exist "%LogFile%" del "%LogFile%"
set Location=%1
set Location=%Location:/=%
type %~dpnx0 | find /i ":[%Location%]" >NUL
if errorlevel 1 goto err_Label
goto [%Location%]

:[DHCP]
echo Setting IP address to DHCP ...
netsh interface ip set address name="%LAN%" source=DHCP >>"%LogFile%"
echo Setting DNS address to DHCP ...
netsh interface ip set dns name="%LAN%" source=DHCP >>"%LogFile%"
echo Setting WINS address to DHCP ...
netsh interface ip set wins name="%LAN%" source=DHCP >>"%LogFile%"
echo OK.
goto :eof

:[Loc1]
set IP=192.168.0.10
set NM=255.255.255.0
set GW=192.168.0.1
set DNS0=192.168.0.1
set DNS1=192.168.0.1
set WINS0=192.168.0.1
set WINS1=192.168.0.1
goto SetIP

:[Loc2]
set IP=192.168.1.10
set NM=255.255.255.0
set GW=192.168.1.1
set DNS0=192.168.1.1
set DNS1=192.168.1.1
set WINS0=192.168.1.1
set WINS1=192.168.1.1
goto SetIP

:: **********************************************************************
goto leave
:SetIP
echo Setting IP address %IP% ...
netsh interface ip set address "%LAN%" static %IP% %NM% %GW% 1 >>"%LogFile%"
echo Setting primary DNS server %DNS0% ...
netsh interface ip set dns "%LAN%" static %DNS0% >>"%LogFile%"
for %%a in (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9) do (
  if not "!DNS%%a!"=="" (
    echo Adding DNS server !DNS%%a! ...
    netsh interface ip add dns "%LAN%" !DNS%%a! >>"%LogFile%"
  )
)
echo Setting primary WINS server %WINS0% ...
netsh interface ip set wins "%LAN%" static %WINS0% >>"%LogFile%"
for %%a in (1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9) do (
  if not "!WINS%%a!"=="" (
    echo Adding WINS server !WINS%%a! ...
    netsh interface ip add wins "%LAN%" !WINS%%a! >>"%LogFile%"
  )
)
echo OK.
goto :eof

:err_Label
echo.
echo Error: Label "[%Location%]" not defined.
pause
echo.

:leave
====8<----[SetIP.cmd]----

 

by: bluebirds1984Posted on 2005-04-05 at 07:17:45ID: 13707418

i'm at work so i wont be creating any scripts, thanks anyway.

the shortest path is probably creating the system32 shortcut, thanks.

 

by: CarloVasquezPosted on 2008-05-29 at 06:50:08ID: 21669063

I found your script above oBdA interesting and I am thinking to give it a shot.

Thought the only problem I have with it is that I have a range of 15 IP addresses and would like the script to increment by the last digit of the IP address by +, every time I run the script.

Is this something possible?

Let me know thanks.

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