Winipcfg command
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About winipcfg
Availability
Information
The winipcfg command allows a user to Click here related information such as the IP address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, DHCP Server, WINS Server, etc.
The winipcfg program is available in:
Windows 95
Windows 98
Windows ME
Windows NT
Windows 2000 and Windows XP do not utilize this command. Users using these operating systems will need to use the ipconfig command instead.
Information
To run the program, click Start, Run, and type winipcfg in the run line. This should open the winipcfg window similar to the below picture.
If more than one adapter is present in the computer, use the drop down window to see the other adapters' information. In the above information, we are displaying the PPP adapter's information, which would be the Dialup or Modem Internet connection information. If you were currently connected on the Internet, you should have a value other than 0.0.0.0 for the IP address.
Clicking More Info will display all of the available network related information. Below is an example of what is displayed when clicking the More Info button and changing our adapter to our Network adapter.
As illustrated in the above picture, you can clearly see that displaying more info will allow you to display much more valuable information about the network. In the above example, we are displaying the 3Com 3C90x Ethernet Adapter on our Network Adapter card. As seen, we can verify the IP address of the network card as well as any other pertinent information about the network adapter.