You can reset Windows 10 IP address with these three methods, using network connections settings, command prompt, and PowerShell. The easiest option to reset Windows 10 IP address with command prompt (CMD). If your system obtains its IP address automatically from a DHCP server, the “ipconfig” command can refresh your system IP address. The refreshing IP address process releases the old IP address and requests a new IP address from the DHCP server.

The other methods for changing Windows 10 IP address is GUI from network connections settings and using Windows PowerShell. Let’s do it with the easy one inside command prompt with ipconfig command.

Reset Windows 10 IP Address

To reset Windows 10 IP address, just open the command prompt or PowerShell interface and do it with the following “ipconfig” commands.

Resetting Windows IP address needs:

1. Press Windows+R to open the Run.
2. Type “cmd” and press enter.
3. To display the current IP address type “ipconfig.”
4. Check the output results of “ipconfig” commands.

1. Press Windows and type “PowerShell” and open the Windows PowerShell. Now type “ipconfig.” The IP config command shows the current system IP address. Here my computer IP address is 200.100.10.2 with the subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 and default gateway of 200.100.10.1.

2. To reset your system, IP address just types “ipconfig /release” and press enter. The /release option of ipconfig command will remove the current IP address. When the “ipconfig /release” command process has finished, type “ipconfig /renew” to obtains a new IP address from DHCP server.

Yes, the output result of ipconfig /release shows that the current IP address removed. Now the system doesn’t have an IP address, and it is ready to obtain a new IP address from DHCP server.

3. To get a fresh new IP address, just type “ipconfig /renew.” The /renew option of ipconfig command request a fresh new IP address from the DHCP server.

That’s good. The output result’s of ipconfig /renew shows that the system obtains a new IP address from the DHCP server.

IPConfig Command Structure:

The ipconfig command has many options that help you quickly execute and get a clean result. To learn more about other options of ipconfig command, type “ipconfig /?”. It shows the help of ipconfig. See the output result of “ipconfig /?” command in the below text box.

USAGE:
    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:
       /?               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
       /displaydns      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.
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

That’s the help you can always access from the command prompt or PowerShell.

Final Word:

If you want to learn more about configuring IP address in Windows 10, just read the following related to IP address configuration guides.

• Configure IP Address with PowerShell.
• How to Configure Windows 10 IP Address with Command-Line?
• Configure DHCP on Cisco Router.
• Configure Windows IPv4 Networking with Netsh.
• DHCP Configuration Guide on Windows Server and Cisco Router.

Hope you got something new from this article. Please ask your questions about Windows settings and configuration through the comment section.

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Netsh, or Network Shell, is a command-line utility included in Microsoft’s Windows NT line of operating systems beginning with Windows 2000. It allows local or remote configuration of network devices such as network interface controllers (NICs).

To configure Windows IPv4 networking with Netsh, you can use the following commands:

Netsh interface ipv4 show to display the current IPv4 configuration.
Netsh interface ipv4 set address to set the IPv4 address, subnet mask, and default gateway.
Netsh interface ipv4 set dns to set the DNS servers.
Netsh interface ipv4 set Winsock to reset the Windows Sockets (Winsock) catalog.

Configure IPv4 Networking with Netsh

Now I’m going to show you how to set IPv4-TCP/IP protocol with Netsh command-line tool in Windows Server Server or Windows clinets such as Windows 11.
In the GUI environment, we can easily set or change IP to a NIC.

1. Open a Command Prompt window with administrative privileges. Netsh work in both command prompt and PowerShell. I’m using Windows Powershell.
2. Type the following command to display the current IP configuration:

netsh interface ipv4 show addresses

3. To show or list the interface cards, just type: Netsh interface ipv4 show interface

Now you see two network interfaces. Ethernet0 with index ID 3 is the physical interface that we should set IP and configure.

4. Type  Netsh interface ipv4 show config Ethernet0. to see the configuration of a interface. You can set the index IP instead of the interface name.

It got an IP address from APIPA (automatic private IP address).
5. To set a new IP address type: Netsh interface ipv4 set address name=Ethernet0 static 192.168.10.15 mask=255.255.255.0 gateway=192.168.10.1 and press enter.

Let’s see the result by typing: netsh interface ipv4 show config 3 to see if it works correctly.

Note: You can set the default gateway separately by typing: Netsh interface ipv4 set address name=3 gateway=192.168.10.1 and press enter. It can set the default gateway but may reset the IP address to APIPA like in the below screenshot.

6. Now try to set the DNS Server IP address with: Netsh interface ipv4 set dns name=3 static 192.168.10.10 primary and press enter.

It shows an error, but it works correctly. The error is due to the lack of a DNS server. If there were a DNS server, we would not encounter any errors.

Enable ICMPv4 to make machine pingable via network

Internet Control Message Protocol version 4 (ICMPv4) is a network layer protocol that is used to send control messages between hosts and routers on an IP network. ICMPv4 messages are used for a variety of purposes, including:

• Error reporting: ICMPv4 messages can be used to report errors that occur during the transmission of IP datagrams. For example, if a router is unable to route a datagram to its destination, it will send an ICMPv4 error message back to the source host.
• Troubleshooting: ICMPv4 messages can be used to troubleshoot network problems. For example, if a host is unable to reach another host on the network, it can send an ICMPv4 echo request message to the destination host. If the destination host receives the echo request message, it will send an echo reply message back to the source host. This can help to determine if there is a problem with the network between the two hosts.
• Informational messages: ICMPv4 messages can also be used to send informational messages, such as router advertisements and neighbor solicitation messages. These messages are used to keep track of the topology of an IP network.

ICMPv4 is a very important protocol for the operation of IP networks. It is used to report errors, troubleshoot problems, and keep track of the topology of an IP network.

Here are some of the most common ICMPv4 messages:

• Echo request: This message is used to request a response from a destination host.
• Echo reply: This message is sent in response to an echo request message.
• Destination unreachable: This message is sent to the source host when a datagram cannot be delivered to its destination.
• Time exceeded: This message is sent to the source host when a datagram’s Time to Live (TTL) expires.
• Redirect: This message is sent to the source host to suggest an alternate route to its destination.

ICMPv4 is a part of the Internet Protocol suite (TCP/IP) and is defined in RFC 792. It is used by all IP-based networks, including the Internet.

1. By default ICMPv4 (echo request) is disabled and you can’t ping the system via network. To enable it by command line just type: netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name=ICMPV4 protocol=icmpv4 dir=in action=allow.

2. To see if it is enabled or not yet type Netsh advfirewall firewall show rule name=icmpv4 and press enter.

Alright, that’s all you need to know to configure the IPv4 IP address of Windows Server 2012 to Windows Server 2022, Windows 7, 8, 10, and Windows 11.

The following commands are just some examples of netsh for showing:

Commands in this context:
show addresses – Shows IP address configurations.
show compartments – Shows compartment parameters.
show config – Displays IP address and additional information.
show destinationcache – Shows destination cache entries.
show dnsservers – Displays the DNS server addresses.
show dynamicportrange – Shows dynamic port range configuration parameters.
show excludedportrange – Shows all excluded port ranges.
show global – Shows global configuration parameters.
show icmpstats – Displays ICMP statistics.
show interfaces – Shows interface parameters.
show ipaddresses – Shows current IP addresses.
show ipnettomedia – Displays IP net-to-media mappings.
show ipstats – Displays IP statistics.
show joins – Displays multicast groups joined.
show neighbors – Shows neighbor cache entries.
show offload – Displays the offload information.
show route – Shows route table entries.
show subinterfaces – Shows subinterface parameters.
show tcpconnections – Displays TCP connections.
show tcpstats – Displays TCP statistics.
show udpconnections – Displays UDP connections.
show udpstats – Displays UDP statistics.
show winsservers – Displays the WINS server addresses.

Good luck!

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