Ipconfig
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ipconfig in Microsoft WindowsMicrosoft Windows
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is a console application
Console application
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that displays all current TCP/IP network configuration values and can modify Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP and Domain Name System DNS
Domain name system
The Domain Name System is a hierarchical distributed naming system for computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet or a private network. It associates various information with domain names assigned to each of the participating entities...
settings.
The standard path is
%WINDIR%\System32\ipconfig.exe (which usually resolves to C:\WINDOWS\System32\ipconfig.exe).GUI versions
Similar GUIGui
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tools named titi and winipcfg also exist. The former pre-dates ipconfig. The role played by these tools is similar to that of ifconfig
Ifconfig
ifconfig is a system administration utility in Unix-like operating systems to configure, control, and query TCP/IP network interface parameters from a command line interface or in system configuration scripts...
in Unix
Unix
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and Unix-like
Unix-like
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operating systems.
Mac OS X ipconfig
ipconfig in Mac OS XMac OS X
Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
serves as a wrapper to the IPConfiguration agent, and can be used to control the BootP
BOOTP
In computer networking, the Bootstrap Protocol, or BOOTP, is a network protocol used by a network client to obtain an IP address from a configuration server. The BOOTP protocol was originally defined in RFC 951....
and DHCP client from the command line interface. Like most UNIX
Unix
Unix is a multitasking, multi-user computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna...
-based operating systems, Mac OS X also uses ifconfig
Ifconfig
ifconfig is a system administration utility in Unix-like operating systems to configure, control, and query TCP/IP network interface parameters from a command line interface or in system configuration scripts...
for more direct control over network interfaces, such as configuring static IP addresses.
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