How to use the ipconfig command under WinXP system?

The ipconfig command does not know if you have used it? It is very versatile, it can be used to view various information such as the IP address of the machine, and it can also check whether the manually configured TCP/IP settings are accurate. Maybe many partners don't use the ipconfig command very much, so today I will share with you how to use the ipconfig command under WinXP.

Methods /steps:

1, ipconfig belongs to the DOS command, because we first need to open a command prompt (CMD). We open the start menu, find the run options, then type CMD in it and hit enter, so we enter the command prompt input interface.

2, before using a command, first of all we should do is help documentation of this command. Ipconfig view help command statement for ipconfig /? , we only need to enter this command will appear ipconfig help documentation, which describes the use of ipconfig in detail, such as the parameters that can be attached, the specific meaning of each parameter and examples, very detailed.

3, after reading the help documentation we can look at the hands, first of all naturally we often use the ipconfig command. When using ipconfig without any parameter options, it displays the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway value for each configured interface. If you have a virtual machine and a wireless network card installed, their information will appear here.

4, then we look ipconfig /all command, compared to the ipconfig command, coupled with a display of all parameters after information will be more perfect, host information such as the IP, DNS information, Physical address information, DHCP server information, etc. When we need to know the IP information of this machine in detail, we will use the ipconfig /all command.

5, there are two commonly used parameter is the release and renew, in general, these two parameters are used together, ipconfig /release for the release of an existing IP address, the ipconfig The /renew command issues a request to the DHCP server and leases an IP address. However, in general, the IP address obtained by using ipconfig/renew is the same as the previous address, and a new address will be obtained only when the original address is occupied.

6, the above is what we often use when using the ipconfig, and after reading the help file, we find that there are many other parameters ipconfig, for example displaydns parameter is to display local DNS content, flushdns parameter In order to clear the local DNS cache content, these things do not need us to remember, just need to know that ipconfig has this feature, and can be queried when needed.

The above is using the tutorial system under XP ipconfig command, you may wish to first collection this article, when the command to forget when you can review.