Change your network adapter's IP information

Using the following VBScript, you can quickly and frequently modify the network adapter information on a computer. To use this script, type it into Notepad (with Word Wrap turned off) and save it with a .vbs extension, for instance, ChangeIP.vbs

It is essential to modify the IP information in the following lines of the above script, as required by your environment:

IPAddress = Array("192.168.0.10")
SubnetMask = Array("255.255.255.0")
Gateway = Array("192.168.0.1")
DNS = Array("35.8.2.41")

For example, to change the IP address of a machine to 172.16.49.5 with subnet mask 255.255.0.0 and default gateway 172.16.47.3, re

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place those lines with these:

IPAddress = Array("172.16.49.5")
SubnetMask = Array("255.255.0.0")
Gateway = Array("172.16.47.3")

Also, note this statement: If NetworkAdapter.AdapterType = "Ethernet 802.3" Then

This is where the script checks the AdapterType, which in this script is listed as "Ethernet 802.3." Modify this line if you have a different networking environment.

Once these changes have been made to the script, create a shortcut to the script and double-click on the shortcut to run the script.

About the author: Rahul Shah currently works at a software firm in India, where he is a systems administrator maintaining Windows servers. He has also worked for various software firms in testing and analytics, and also has experiences deploying client/server applications in different Windows configurations.

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