How to Set the IP Address on Windows 2008 Server Core

• Wed, Jun 3, 2009
• One-minute read

Type the following in a console window:

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netsh interface ipv4 show interface

It should output something like this

As you can see, our interface have ID 2 (column Idx).

Then to set the ip address type the following (replacing the address, netmask and gateway with your own values):

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netsh interface ipv4 set address name=”2” source=static address=192.168.0.10 mask=255.255.255.0 gateway=192.168.0.1

Next it’s time to set up addresses to DNS servers, type:

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netsh interface ipv4 add dnsserver name=”2” address=192.168.0.11

To add more DNS servers just type the above command again with another ip address.

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ipconfig /all

To check all settings you just med are correct you can type:

Witch should output something like this..

Other useful netsh commands:

Delete ip address from a interface:

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netsh interface ipv4 delete address “Local Area Connection” addr=192.168.0.10 gateway=all

Delete DNS server from a interface:

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netsh interface ipv4 delete dnsserver “Local Area Connection” 192.168.0.10

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netsh interface ipv4 delete dnsserver “Local Area Connection” all

Substitute “Local Area Connection” with the name on the interface you want to act on.

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