About winipcfg
The winipcfg command allows a user to get network-related information such as the IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, DHCP server, WINS server, etc.
- About winipcfg
- Availability
- Information
Availability
The winipcfg program is available in:
- Windows 95
- Windows 98
- Windows ME
- Windows NT
Information
To run the program, click Start, Run, and type winipcfg in the run line to open the winipcfg window similar to the picture below.
Windows 2000, Windows XP, and later versions of Windows do not use this command. If you are using a later version of Windows, use the ipconfig command instead.
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 dial-up Internet connection information. If you are connected to the Internet, a value other than 0.0.0.0 is shown for the IP address.
Clicking More Info displays 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 the installed network adapter.
As illustrated in the above picture, you can see that displaying more info displays 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 and any other pertinent information about the network adapter.
