Need urgent help: config IP without accessing "network" icon

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Julia - 14 Jan 2005 04:05 GMT

Hi, there,

My computer has assigned a fixed IP before and I want to release it so I can
assign the fixed IP to another PC.

My Windows NT4.0 has some problem. When I click the "Network" icon in the
control panel, nothing pops up.

If I want to change the IP settings of my computer, such as IP Address,
Subset Mask, Default gateway, WINS Server and DNS Servers, what can I do in
my case?

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Dave Patrick - 14 Jan 2005 04:32 GMT

Try reapplying your current service pack.

You might also try netsh from a command prompt;

1 to set ip address and subnet, 2 to clear previous dns server ip's, 3 to
set primary dns server, 4 to set alt dns server, 5 to set ip address DHCP
assigned

1.) netsh interface ip set address name="Local Area Connection 2"
source=static addr=192.168.10.10 mask=255.255.255.0 gateway=none
2.) netsh interface ip delete dns name="Local Area Connection 2" addr=all
3.) netsh interface ip set dns name="Local Area Connection 2" source=static
addr=192.168.20.20
4.) netsh interface ip add dns name="Local Area Connection 2"
addr=192.168.30.30
5.) netsh interface ip set address name="Local Area Connection 2"
source=dhcp

Where "Local Area Connection 2" is the name of your connection. (watch for
line wrap)

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"Julia" wroteL

| Hi, there,
|
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| Subset Mask, Default gateway, WINS Server and DNS Servers, what can I do in
| my case?

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Julia - 14 Jan 2005 16:49 GMT

Thank you very much!
I tried "netsh" command however this command is not recognized in my NT4.
Also, how to find the name of my connections?

> Try reapplying your current service pack.
>
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> in
> | my case?

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Dave Patrick - 15 Jan 2005 03:41 GMT

You're right, it does not work on Windows NT

Try running;

control.exe %windir%\system32\ncpa.cpl, network

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| Thank you very much!
| I tried "netsh" command however this command is not recognized in my NT4.
| Also, how to find the name of my connections?

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Julia - 20 Jan 2005 03:17 GMT

Hello, Dave,
Thank you for you suggestion.
However, no window shows up when I run the command, just like when I click
the "network" icon in "control panel". Do you have other suggestions? I think
I may need to edit the Windows registry manually. Do you know how to change a
static IP into a dynamic IP?

> You're right, it does not work on Windows NT
>
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> | I tried "netsh" command however this command is not recognized in my NT4.
> | Also, how to find the name of my connections?

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Dave Patrick - 20 Jan 2005 04:00 GMT

You might try the steps in this article to replace and register.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q173132

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| Hello, Dave,
| Thank you for you suggestion.
| However, no window shows up when I run the command, just like when I click
| the "network" icon in "control panel". Do you have other suggestions? I think
| I may need to edit the Windows registry manually. Do you know how to change a
| static IP into a dynamic IP?

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