What's the lttle program for networking that's similar to "MSConfig" for Windows...??

[LandShark]

title said it all.

i remember there's a little program from Windows that could maunally adjust network/internet setting, like IP info, etc. it's similar to MSConfig for basic Windows tweak. i believe it's something like, "IPxxxx" or "tcpxxxx" from RUN from START MENU.

any idea??? :confused:

what it has is a feature that u could release the computer's IP address, called "IP release" from the program i believe.... that way, u could sure to get a new one.....

'cos i have a machine which has a NIC card & a wireless networking adaptor in it. both the NIC card & wireless adaptor could see all my other computers w/in the network. however, only if i connect my ethernet cable to the NIC card in order to get access to the net. the wireless adaptor can't get any access to the net. so, i thought it might b/c the NIC card (original in the machine first) grab an IP address from my router, so later when i add a wireless adaptor, it couldn't get any IP again. do u think removing the NIC card would help??

[RED Hot Machine]

its call ipconfig.exe, and is in the windows dir on versions 9x.

In 2k it has to be run from the cmd prompt.

Windows 2000 IP Configuration


USAGE:
ipconfig [/? | /all | /release [adapter] | /renew [adapter]
| /flushdns | /registerdns
| /showclassid adapter
| /setclassid adapter [classidtoset] ]

adapter Full name or pattern with '*' and '?' to 'match',
* matches any character, ? matches one character.
Options
/? Display this help message.
/all Display full configuration information.
/release Release the IP address for the specified adapter.
/renew Renew the IP address for the specified adapter.
/flushdns Purges the DNS Resolver cache.
/registerdns Refreshes all DHCP leases and re-registers DNS names
/displaydns Display the contents of the DNS Resolver Cache.
/showclassid Displays all the dhcp class IDs allowed for adapter.
/setclassid Modifies the dhcp class id.

The default is to display only the IP address, subnet mask and
default gateway for each adapter bound to TCP/IP.

For Release and Renew, if no adapter name is specified, then the IP address
leases for all adapters bound to TCP/IP will be released or renewed.

For SetClassID, if no class id is specified, then the classid is removed.

Examples:
> ipconfig ... Show information.
> ipconfig /all ... Show detailed information
> ipconfig /renew ... renew all adapaters
> ipconfig /renew EL* ... renew adapters named EL....
> ipconfig /release *ELINK?21* ... release all matching adapters,
eg. ELINK-21, myELELINKi21adapter.

[LandShark]

yeah, that's what i'm talking 'bout.

however, when i type "ipconfig" in the RUN, it pop up something looks like DOS mode window for 'bout a second or two, then disappeared?? how come?? i remember i've seen it before and there's a button for releasing ip in order to grab a new one.....

any idea??? :confused:

oh, btw, it's on a Win98 SE machine.

[RED Hot Machine]

Sorry the GUI one is winipcfg.exe.

[LandShark]

TKS!!! this exactly what i'm looking for!! :D

btw, do u think releasing all IP (and reboot) should help my problem? or i still need to remove the NIC card??

really tks sooooooooo much!! it's been driving my nut lately......u know, i really don't want to running ethernet cable right across the living room....:(

[RED Hot Machine]

It may help your problem (i've read your other thread).

The only way to know for sure is to try it :D

Hope it works for you.

[LandShark]

tks bro.!! i'm gonna try it tonight.;)