This will release the IP Address of all adapters where the name starts with “Wireless”. To do this you will need to enter the name of the adapter that you find here in the results of ipconfig:įor example, if you only want to release the IP Address of your wireless network adapter, you can type: ipconfig /release Wireless* You can also specify a single network adapter. ipconfig /releaseīy default, the command will release the IP Addresses for all network adapters. This means that we will inform the DHCP server that we don’t want to use the assigned IP Address any longer. The first step to do this is to release the current IP Address. Learn more about DHCP If you want to know more about how DHCP works, then make sure you read this article. When you have DHCP enabled on your network card, you can request a new IP Address from the DHCP server. The ipconfig command doesn’t only show your information about your network settings, but it can also be used to reset or refresh your network settings. No means that you have manually enter an IP Address DHCP Enabled – Needs to be Yes in most cases.DNS servers – Used to translate domain names to IP Addresses.Default Gateway – The router or modem to which you network package are sent.

If we take a closer look at the results of ipconfig /all then we can indicate 4 items that are important to look at: But which information is important and do you need to look at? The ipconfig /all command is often used to troubleshoot network connection problems. IPv6 address of your computer (often not used)ĭate-time when your computer received the IP Address Servers used to translate domain names to IP Addresses Router/server that hands out IP Addresses in your network The router to which your computer is connected Indicates if the network connection is using DHCP or Static IP Address This is the MAC address of your network adapter. This will return the following information for each network adapter in your device: Physical Address To show all the information about your network adapter, you will need to use the /all parameter. But information about the DNS and DHCP servers isn’t displayed by default. Without the use of any parameter, the command shows only the basic network information.

If you are using a VPN client, then this will also be listed as a network adapter. In this case, we have an ethernet adapter (for our wired network connection) and a wireless network adapter. This will show you the basic network information from your network adaptersĪs you can see in the screenshot above, the command will return information about each network adapter on your computer.

Select Windows PowerShell or Command Prompt.

To use the IP config command we will need to open Command Prompt or PowerShell

Press Windows key + X or Right Click on the start menu.

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