How to Change IP Address from Static to DHCP and vice versa in Command Prompt

You can use the netsh command to script the process of changing a computer from a static Internet Protocol (IP) address to Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) or vice versa. The netsh command accomplishes this task without the need to restart the computer. This feature is particularly useful for laptops that move from one environment to another, when it is necessary to use statically assigned IP addresses at one location and DHCP assigned IP addresses at another.


To switch the specified adapter from a static address to DHCP, type the following command:

netsh interface ip set address "Local Area Connection" dhcp

NOTE: Typing this command changes the interface named "Local Area Connection" to DHCP.

To display all of the adapters in the computer with their current IP addresses to determine the correct adapter name, type the following command:

netsh interface ip show config

To change to a static address, type the following command:

netsh interface ip set address "Local Area Connection" static ipaddr subnetmask gateway metric

NOTE: Replace ipaddr with the static IP address, subnetmask with the subnet mask, gateway with the default gateway and, if necessary, metric with the appropriate metric. The following example changes the interface "Local Area Connection" to a static address of 192.168.0.10 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0, and the interface has a default gateway of 192.168.0.1 with a metric of 1:

netsh interface ip set address "Local Area Connection" static 192.168.0.10 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.1 1


You can create a batch file to simplify your changing:

To use static IP Address:

@ECHO OFF
CLS
ECHO.
ECHO CLI IP Configuration
ECHO ====================
ECHO.
ECHO IP Address:
FOR /F "TOKENS=*" %%? IN ('LABEL C: 2^>NUL') DO SET IP=%%?
ECHO.
ECHO Subnet Mask:
FOR /F "TOKENS=*" %%? IN ('LABEL C: 2^>NUL') DO SET MASK=%%?
ECHO.
ECHO Default Gateway:
FOR /F "TOKENS=*" %%? IN ('LABEL C: 2^>NUL') DO SET GW=%%?
ECHO.
ECHO Configuring IP Address...
@netsh interface ip set address name="eth0" static %IP% %MASK% %GW% 1
ECHO.
ECHO DNS: (if you do not have DNS, just type 127.0.0.1)
FOR /F "TOKENS=*" %%? IN ('LABEL C: 2^>NUL') DO SET DNS=%%?
ECHO.
ECHO Configuring DNS...
@netsh interface ip set dns "eth0" static %DNS% primary
@pause
@ipconfig /all

To use DHCP:

@netsh interface ip set address name="eth0" dhcp
@netsh interface ip set dns name="eth0" source=dhcp