How to Configure the Network Settings on Windows Server 2008 / Server Core using the COMMAND PROMPT

• At a command prompt, type the following:

netsh interface ipv4 show interfaces

• Make a note of the number shown in the Idx column of the output for your network adapter. If your computer has more than one network adapter, make a note of the number corresponding to the network adapter for which you wish to set a static IP address.
• At the command prompt, type:

netsh interface ipv4 set address name="<ID>" source=static address=<StaticIP> mask=<SubnetMask> gateway=<DefaultGateway>

Where:

ID is the number from step 2 above

StaticIP is the static IP address that you are setting

SubnetMask is the subnet mask for the IP address

DefaultGateway is the default gateway

• At the command prompt, type:

netsh interface ipv4 add dnsserver name="<ID>" address=<DNSIP>index=1

Where:

ID is the number from step 2 above

DNSIP is the IP address of your DNS server

• Repeat step 4 for each DNS server that you want to set, incrementing the index= number each time.

Notes:

If you set the static IP address on the wrong network adapter, you can change back to using the DHCP address supplied by using the following command:

netsh interface ipv4 set address name="<ID>" source=dhcp

where ID is the number of the network adapter from Step 2.