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Command line
tool ‘Netsh’ can be used to set up IP address and DNS address for the server. This
option will be useful especially for Server Core version of Windows Server
2008.
Run the
below command line syntax to configure IP address:
Netsh interface
ipv4 set address name=”Local Area Connection” source=static address=192.168.10.5
mask=255.255.255.0 gateway=192.168.10.1
Make sure
that you change the and Local Area Connection name to your current adapter
name, although for most fresh installation the adapter name will be ‘Local Area
Connection’.
Below screenshot
shows the command line and the output:
DNS address
also can be configured using this command line tool as follows:
Netsh interface
ipv4 set dns name=”Local Area Connection” source=static address=192.168.10.1
primary
Please note
that the server has to be connected to the network to assign the DNS address.
