How to Change IP Address on Windows 10

This Itechguide teaches you how to change your IP address on Windows 10. The guide covers steps for 3 methods to change IP address in Windows 10.

Option 1: Change IP Address from Adapter Settings

• Right-click the Windows 10 Start menu and click Settings.

• On the Windows Settings screen, click Network & Internet.

• When Network status setting opens, scroll down to Change your network settings and click Change adapter options. Network connections will open and display all network connections on your computer.

• On Network connections, double-click the adapter you want to change the DNS. The Properties of the adapter will open.

• On the properties of the adapter, click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) to highlight it. Then, click Properties.

• Finally, on the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties, select Use the following IP address.

• Then, enter the IP address, Subnet mask, and Default gateway and click OK.

Option 2: Change IP Address with Command Prompt

• Type command prompt in the search box. Then, from the search result, right-click Command Prompt and select Run as administrator.

• If you receive a User Account Control confirmation, click Yes.
• On Command Prompt, type the command below and click enter.

netsh 

• Then, on the netsh prompt, type the command below and press enter.

interface ip show config 

• Finally, to change IP address on Windows 10 with command prompt, type the netsh command in the format shown below and press enter.

netsh interface ipv4 set address name="interface name for your network adapter" static IP_address SUBNET_MASK DEFAULT_GATEWAY 

Change:
“interface name for your network adapter” to the name of the network adapter you want to set an IP address for.
IP_address to the IP address you want to set.
SUBNET_MASK to the Subnet mask you want to set.
DEFAULT_GATEWAY to your default gateway.

• Here is an actual command…

interface ipv4 set address name="Ethernet" static 192.168.0.10 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.1  

Option 3: Change IP Address with PowerShell

• Type powershell in the Windows 10 search box. Then, beneath Windows PowerShell, click Run as Administrator.

• If you receive a User Account Control confirmation prompt, click Yes.
• On the PowerShell prompt, type the command below and press enter.

Get-NetAdapter 

• The command lists the basic information for all the network adapters on your PC.

• Finally, to change IP address on Windows 10 with PowerShell, type the New-NetIPAddress Cmdlet in the format shown below and press enter.

New-NetIPAddress -InterfaceIndex “ifIndex” -IPAddress xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -PrefixLength 2xx -DefaultGateway xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 

• Here is an actual command to change the IP address for the adapter with the Interface Index of 22.

 New-NetIPAddress -InterfaceIndex “22” -IPAddress  192.168.0.20 -PrefixLength 24 -DefaultGateway 192.168.0.1 

• When you ran the last command, if you receive an error message, use the Set-NetIPAddress Cmdlet to modify the configuration of an IP existing address. Here is the general format:

Set-NetIPAddress –InterfaceIndex “ifIndex” –IPAddress xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 

• Here is an actual command to change the IP address for a card with an Interface Index of 22 to 192.168.0.20.

Set-NetIPAddress –InterfaceIndex 22 –IPAddress 192.168.0.20 –PrefixLength 24

Set-NetIPAddress –InterfaceIndex 22 –IPAddress 192.168.0.20 

It is very easy to change IP address on Windows 10! I hope you found this Itechguide helpful.

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