changing nic gateway settings from command line

[crp]

When I enter innetsh interface ip set address name="Local Area Connection 2" gateway=nonethe system responds Ok. and the gateway address is empty.But when I enternetsh interface ip set address name="Local Area Connection 2" gateway=192.168.1.3the system responds The syntax supplied for this command is not valid. The same results happen if I enternetsh interface ip set address name="Local Area Connection 2" static 192.168.1.25 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.3So how is one supposed to be able to enable a gateway from the command line?

[Guest LilBambi]

netsh interface ip set address "Local Area Connection 2" 192.168.1.x 255.0.0.0 192.168.1.3

x being the ip address for the interfacenote, there is no word static in the commandThat should give the right output.if you just need to add/remove just a gateway separately:

route add 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.3

or

route delete 192.168.1.3

Hope that helps.

[Guest LilBambi]

Thanks :)Yes, good idea about the -p if you are making it permanent.Even more arguments listed here for Route.

[crp]

netsh interface ip set address "Local Area Connection 2" 192.168.1.x 255.0.0.0 192.168.1.3

x being the ip address for the interfacenote, there is no word static in the commandThat should give the right output.

hmm , the XP sp3 in our office say to include the word 'static' when not using dhcp.not using "static" did not work either. bug? bad documentation? limited feature?if you just need to add/remove just a gateway separately:

route add 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.3

or

route delete 192.168.1.3

Hope that helps.

wow, it has been a LONG time since I used 'route'. I'll try it when i get a chance. thanks.

[kkehoe]

Having never played with this before, this command seemed to work for me, with a response of "Ok.":

netsh interface ip set address name="Local Area Connection" source=static addr=192.168.2.5 gateway=192.168.2.1 mask=255.255.255.0 gwmetric=1

I think it needs the "gwmetric" parameter, since I got the same error as you without it specified. I assume the value of 1 is "auto" but I couldn't find it documented anywhere.After restarting the machine those values were intact.Kevin

[crp]

[...]I think it needs the "gwmetric" parameter, since I got the same error as you without it specified. I assume the value of 1 is "auto" but I couldn't find it documented anywhere. [...]Kevin

bing Bing BING !!!Ok , I consider this is a bug and poor documentation Even though netsh interface ip set address name="Local Area Connection 2" gateway=none works just fine without the gwmetric, passing in a gateway IP address REQUIRES gwmetric= sonetsh interface ip set address name="Local Area Connection 2" gateway=192.168.1.3 gwmetric=1 does work. ThankS

[Guest LilBambi]

Excellent! Great find there, kkehoe! :thumbsup:Shouldn't be required at all. It certainly is not required in any other OS either from the commandline.