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Jason Kirby
Jason Kirby

Reputation: 17

Is there a way to change the Subnet Mask using NETSH without changing the IP Address?

Our company is planning on switching to a new subnet in the near future to make more room on the network. I thought that the transition might go smoother if we had a batch file that everyone could run to change the subnet for them.

My code thus far looks like this:

set maskvar=255.255.255.0
ECHO Setting IP Address and Subnet Mask
netsh interface ip set address local static mask=%maskvar%

This doesn't work because it wants a value for the address as well, which would look something like this. 

netsh interface ip set address local static addr=%addrvar% mask=%maskvar%

I would like to keep the address that is already on the machine. Can I pull it from an already existing variable? Is there a better way to do this?

Any useful input would be greatly appreciated.

Upvotes: -1

Views: 8602

Answers (1)

Zombian
Zombian

Reputation: 1435

Why not pull the ip address from ipconfig, set it as a variable and then assign it in netsh?

Upvotes: 0

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