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You may download the complete source for this example here.
As a working college student, I have a consistant problem having to change my network settings. For instance, I like to download files at home, so I need certain ports open on my wireless router. This dictates that I have to use a static IP address in order to not be re-mapping ports all the time.
At school, the university requires that I use a dynamic IP address, or I cannot even connect to the network.
At work, I need to use a certain DNS server, but have a dynamic IP address. Go figure.
This means that I am constantly changing my IP configuration, and that I have three different sets of information to remember. The solution... a batch file that handles the whole shebang. This has only been tested on WinXP, by the way.
In order to have three sets of settings, I just created four files. One .bat and three .txt files so that I can just add settings for each location in the .txt files.
The ConfigIP.bat file looks like this.
Code:@echo off
title Eric Burcham's IP Configuration Batch File - 2005
setlocal
set OK=N
:again
set /p choice=Please enter 1[Home], 2[School] or END ??
if /i [%choice%]==[END] endlocal&goto end
if [%choice%]==[] goto again
if [%choice%]==[1] goto 1
if [%choice%]==[2] goto 2
set /p xxx=wrong entry, press any key to exit.
endlocal
goto end
:1
echo NIC setting for Home being configured.....
@netsh exec home.txt
set /p see=IP changed successfully to Home Settings [9]see new setting [Enter]exit...
if [%see%]==[9] goto show
echo Ending IP Configuration
goto end
:2
echo NIC setting for School being configured.....
@netsh exec school.txt
set /p see=IP changed successfully to School Settings [9]see new setting [Enter]exit...
if [%see%]==[9] goto show
echo Ending IP Configuration
goto end
:show
@netsh int ip show config
:end
@echo on
cls
This files presents the user with a selection; 1 or 2. Based on which selection they make, the IP settings are loaded from the following files.
home.txt
Code:# ----------------------------------
# Interface IP Configuration
# ----------------------------------
pushd interface ip
# Interface IP Configuration for "Wireless Network Connection"
set address name="Wireless Network Connection" source=static addr=192.168.2.50 mask=255.255.255.0
set address name="Wireless Network Connection" gateway=192.168.2.1 gwmetric=0
set dns name="Wireless Network Connection" source=static addr=192.168.2.1 register=primary
popd
# End of interface IP configuration
school.txt
Code:# ----------------------------------
# Interface IP Configuration
# ----------------------------------
pushd interface ip
# Interface IP Configuration for "Wireless Network Connection"
set address name="Wireless Network Connection" source=dhcp
set dns name="Wireless Network Connection" source=dhcp register=primary
set wins name="Wireless Network Connection" source=dhcp
popd
# End of interface IP configuration
You can simply add a new .txt file for each set of settings you need, and a section in the .bat file to load them. Voila! 2 second IP configuration.
You may download the complete source for this example here.
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