Batch file for ipconfig

Hi,

This may be really easy but i can't get it to work!

Anyway, How do I create a batch file to run ipconfig?

When i make one it either just loads a command prompt window and then sits there, or it scrolls the text rapidly nonstop?!

Any help would be useful
Thanks
Nathan

What are you trying to accomplish?

You can create a batch file with ipconfig like this:

ipconfig /all > ipconfig.txt

What this does once it is run is instead of getting a scrolling dos prompt, you will actually get a txt file in the location of your choice of course with the output of ipconfig. I'm not sure that this is your desired outcome but I hope it helps.

hmm that's odd

I'm on 98se here at work. I put the following text into a batch file I called test
ipconfig/release 1
ipconfig/renew 1
(since we have a dial up adapter in there as well, 1 is adapter number of the NIC - for some reason the _all doesn't seem to work on 98)
the batch file executed without a hitch and released and renewed an ip no problem.

what OS are you on, and what's your batch file look like

I am on both win2k or winxp.

I thanks for the reply about sending the result to a text file. I hadn't thought of that.

I simply want to use the ipconfig /all command to display my network settings in a "DOS" window.

I want to have a batch file to do this because I change IP settings often in the process of testing things and I don't want to have to go Run then CMD then type in ipconfig /all.

I want something I can put on my quick launch bar and click only once to display the results in a window.

Thanks
Nathan

cut and paste this to your batch file. Works without a hitch, and nothing shows up but your ip configuration.


@echo off
ipconfig/all
pause

Later

I am afraid that all that does is open up a window and then print ipconfig /all many many many many times!!

sorry!

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Originally posted by clarinathan
I am afraid that all that does is open up a window and then print ipconfig /all many many many many times!!

sorry!

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the script posted above works fine on about 6 win2k machines here in my schools lab

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Originally posted by clarinathan
I am afraid that all that does is open up a window and then print ipconfig /all many many many many times!!

sorry!

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Go to a command prompt and just type pause and tell me what it does.

When I type pause at the command prompt it then says:

please press any key to continue......

Thanks for the help

Another thought:
Surely typing @echo off

Means that whatever comes up on the screen will not be displayed?

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Originally posted by clarinathan
Another thought:
Surely typing @echo off

Means that whatever comes up on the screen will not be displayed?

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@echo off suppresses commands only...it still allows the output to be displayed

Ok my mistake.
I have just tried this on a 2k server box.

And, with the echo off command all that happens is the c: etc is not displayed. The results show up fine.

Anyhow all the scripts mentioned so far work brilliantly on a 2k machine.

Thanks for that.

I guess that the question now is, why does this not work on winxp pro?

Basically starting any command from a batch file has the effect of opening a dos box and then entering the command many times. Nothing seems to actually get executed.

Also when trying some of the scripts posted here it often then opens hundreds of dos boxes which i can't then shut. The computer then runs out of memory and virtual memory!!!

Any more ideas?

Ok, I'm at home now...was @ work earlier, so I have now tested it on both 2K Pro AND XP Pro...no problems at all........not sure what to say. Will see what I can find though.

try the following.
cd\
cd \windows\system32
ipconfig /all
pause

Hi,

Thanks for that last post.

It works!!.

Why does it work?!
Is it something to do with putting in the specific path?

It even works with just

cd\
ipconfig /all
pause


so I guess it has something to do with getting back to a c: prompt and then running the command.

Previously when I started the dos box it would start at my profile/home folder.

It seems that some times the proper files do not exist in a users profile. When you go to cmd it opens by default in the documents and settings folder. By changing the path you then gain access to the necessary files.
Dont really remember off hand which file is required, but it or they reside in system32.