Set Windows Network Settings From The Command Line Using Net Shell (netsh.exe)

If you are changing network settings repeatedly on a test system it gets old having to point and click each time. Net Shell (netsh.exe) can be called as follows from the command line:

   netsh interface ipv4 set address name="Local Area Connection" dhcp HOST_IP
   SUBNETMASK GATEWAY_IP


For example:

   netsh interface ipv4 set address name="Local Area Connection" 10.0.0.2   
   255.255.255.0 10.0.0.1

Typing this over and over will get old as well so you can make a simple batch file called
ip.bat containing:

   netsh interface ipv4 set address name="Local Area Connection" %1 %2 %3 %4

Now you can type:

   ip [dhcp | static] HOST_IP SUBNETMASK GATEWAY_IP

For example:

   ip dhcp 10.0.0.2 255.255.255.0 10.0.0.1


Of course you can just create individual batch files for each test scenario.