How to change the IP address assigned to the network adapter under win2003

Network adapter is also known as network card or network interface card (NIC), English name NetworkInterfaceCard. It is a device that connects computers. The usual network card is a network adapter that connects a PC to a LAN. The server-specific network card is designed to adapt to the variety of network services, and the performance is also different. It can be classified according to the following standards: According to the different bandwidth supported by the network card, it can be divided into 10M network card, 100M network card, 10/100M adaptive network card, 1000M network card. This article describes how to change the IP address that has been assigned to a network adapter. If your network has a "Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol" (DHCP) server, the IP address will be assigned automatically, otherwise you can specify an IP address.

How to change the IP address assigned to the network adapter

Log in to the computer with an administrator account.

Click Start, point to Control Panel, point to Network Connections, and then click the local connection you want to modify.

In the Connection Status dialog box, click Properties.

Right-click on the required local connection and click Properties. The “Local Network Connection Properties” dialog box will appear on the screen.

In the <;This connection uses the following items” box, click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and then click Properties. The “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties & rdquo; dialog box will appear on the screen.

Continue with the steps in one of the following two sections (selected according to your environment).

How to Obtain an IP Address Automatically

Follow the steps below to configure your computer to obtain an IP address from a DHCP server. Note that you must have a DHCP server.

Click “Automatically Obtain IP Address”.

If you do not want to specify the IP address of the Domain Name System (DNS) server, click “Automatically Obtain DNS Server Address”.

Click OK. In the “Local Area Connection Properties dialog box, click Close.

In the "Local Area Connection Status" dialog box, click Close.

Click Start, then click Run.

In the Open box, type cmd and click OK.

At the command prompt, type ipconfig /release and press ENTER.