Set IP Address from Command line

Usage:
set address [name=]
[[source=]dhcp | [source=] static [addr=]IP address [mask=]IP subnet mask]
[[gateway=]|none [gwmetric=]integer]

Parameters:

• name – The name of the interface.
• source – One of the following values:
  • dhcp: Sets DHCP as the source for configuring IP addresses for the specific interface.
  • static: Sets the source for configuring IP addresses to local static configuration.
• gateway – One of the following values:
  • : A specific default gateway for the static IP address you are setting.
  • none: No default gateways are set.
• gwmetric – The metric for the default gateway. This field should not be set if gateway is set to ‘none’.

The following options are used only if source is ‘static’:

• addr – An IP address for the specified interface.
• mask – The subnet mask for the specified IP address.

Remarks:
Used to change the IP address configuration mode from either DHCP to static mode or static mode to DHCP. Adds IP addresses on an interface with static IP address or adds default gateways.

Examples:

• set address name=”Local Area Connection” source=dhcp
• set address local static 10.0.0.9 255.0.0.0 10.0.0.1 1

Written by admin on August 24th, 2008 with no comments.
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