Windows – Bulk Add IP’s

Quite regularly I need to add quite a few IP’s to a server. This can be quite a long and tedious process if you have to do them one by one through the network connection GUI. However it is actually possible to add the additional IP’s from the command line using ‘net sh’ by doing the following:

1. Go to Start>Run type in ‘notepad’ and press ok to start notepad.
2. Type in “netsh interface ip add address “Local Area Connection” 10.0.0.10 255.255.255.0″ replacing 10.0.0.10 with the IP and 255.255.255.0 with the netmask. You may also need to change “Local Area Connection” to the name of your adapter as shown in network connections.
3. Copy and paste this changing the IP for each IP you wish to add.
4. Go to File>Save and set the “Save as type” to “All Files”.
5. Save the file as addips.bat to your desktop.
6. Double click the file you just saved and it will add the IP’s to the interface.