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Hi there.
I've managed to find the attached powershell script that allows me to change dns setting on a server.
If works fine except that i can only add two addresses.
I'm looking to add more than that within the advanced setting on the nic. how do i go about this?
I've managed to find the attached powershell script that allows me to change dns setting on a server.
If works fine except that i can only add two addresses.
I'm looking to add more than that within the advanced setting on the nic. how do i go about this?
FUNCTION Set-DNSWINS {
#Get NICS via WMI
$Nics = get-WMIObject -class Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration -ComputerName $_ -Filter "IPEnabled=TRUE"
foreach ($NIC in $NICs){
$DNSSERVERS = "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx","xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"
$NIC.SetDNSServerSearchOrder($DNSServers)
$NIC.SetDynamicDNSRegistration("True")
$NIC.SetWINSServer.count("xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx","xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx")
}
}
function Get-filename{
$computer = "e:\Txt_Files\dns.txt"
return $Computer
}
$f = Get-Filename
get-content $f | foreach {set-DNSWINS}
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Unfortunately the SetWINSServer method is a bit limited, NetSh should be able to do it, but I can't seem to get the syntax right for more than one address.
The last resort is hitting the registry, WINS addresses hide here:
HKLM:\System\CurrentContro
There's a NameServerList beneath that. We can set that like this:
$DnsServers = "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx","xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx", "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"
[String[]]$WinsServers = "yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy", "yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy", "yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy"
Get-WmiObject Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration -Filter "IPEnabled=$True" | ForEach-Object {
$_.SetDNSServerSearchOrder($DNSServers)
$_.SetDynamicDNSRegistration($True)
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\services\NetBT\parameters\Interfaces\Tcpip_$($_.SettingID)" `
-Name "NameServerList" -Value $WinsServers
}
A bit more convoluted that I prefer, but it should work :)
HTH
Chris
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why thank
my manager has said hes not fussed bout the wins but it was for my own learning curve.
my manager has said hes not fussed bout the wins but it was for my own learning curve.
it was my own fault also where i'd played around with the syntax
it doesnt however let me put more than two wins addresses in...is there a way out of curiosity i can do that?