The command shell in Windows can be used to find your IP, refresh your IP or to find your MAC address.
NOTE: See the article on interpreting the IP addresses to determine what the IP address indicates.
Instructions to launch the command shell in Windows XP
1. Press start and select “Run…”
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2. Type in “cmd” and hit “Enter” or “OK”
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3. The black Command Shell window will appear. Type “ipconfig” and hit enter.
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4. You will be given information, in this case I am connected to the UVM network with a 132.198 IP address.
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5. Sometimes you may need to refresh the connection if you should have one but do not. To do this type in “ipconfig /release” and hit Enter
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6. This will give a display to show that all connections have been cut. If there was no connection to begin with, it may say something to that effect.
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7. To reconnect to the network, type: “ipconfig /renew” and hit Enter
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8. If all is successsful, you will get a valid IP address and be shown the connection
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9. If a MAC address is required, the ipconfig /all command can be used. This will bring up a list of network adapters and the corresponding
MAC/Physical Address.
