The ipconfig command is used on Windows systems at the command line.
EXAMPLES
ipconfig [/allcompartments] [/? | /all |
/renew [adapter] | /release [adapter] |
/renew6 [adapter] | /release6 [adapter] |
/flushdns | /displaydns | /registerdns |
/showclassid adapter |
/setclassid adapter [classid] |
/showclassid6 adapter |
/setclassid6 adapter [classid] ]
where
adapter Connection name
(wildcard characters * and ? allowed, see examples)
| Options | Purpose |
|---|---|
| /? | Display this help message |
| /all | Display full configuration information. |
| /release | Release the IPv4 address for the specified adapter. |
| /release6 | Release the IPv6 address for the specified adapter. |
| /renew | Renew the IPv4 address for the specified adapter. |
| /renew6 | Renew the IPv6 address for the specified adapter. |
| /flushdns | Purges the DNS Resolver cache. |
| /registerdns | Refreshes all DHCP leases and re-registers DNS names |
| /displaydn | Display the contents of the DNS Resolver Cache. |
| /showclassid | Displays all the dhcp class IDs allowed for adapter. |
| /setclassid | Modifies the dhcp class id. |
| /showclassid6 | Displays all the IPv6 DHCP class IDs allowed for adapter. |
| /setclassid6 | Modifies the IPv6 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 and Setclassid6, if no ClassId is specified, then the ClassId is removed.
Examples:
ipconfig … Show information
ipconfig /all … Show detailed information
ipconfig /renew … renew all adapters
ipconfig /renew EL* … renew any connection that has its name starting with EL
ipconfig /release Con … release all matching connections, eg. “Wired Ethernet Connection 1” or “Wired Ethernet Connection 2”
ipconfig /allcompartments … Show information about all compartments
ipconfig /allcompartments /all … Show detailed information about all compartments