How can I set change DNS using the command-prompt at windows 8

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How can I set my DNS settings using the command-prompt or bat file at windows 8  I tried this   netsh interface ip set dns name  Local Area Connection  source static addr none   but not worked

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Now you can change the primary dns  index 1   assuming that your interface is static  not using dhcp    You can set your DNS servers statically even if you use DHCP to obtain your IP address   Example under Windows 7 to add two DN servers  the command is as follows   netsh interface ipv4 add dns  Local Area Connection  address 192 168 x x index 1 netsh interface ipv4 add dns  Local Area Connection  address 192 168 x x index 2

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First  the network name is likely  Ethernet   not  Local Area Connection   To find out the name you can do this   netsh interface show interface   Which will show the name under the  Interface Name  column  shown here in bold     Admin State    State          Type             Interface Name ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enabled        Connected      Dedicated        Ethernet   Now you can change the primary dns  index 1   assuming that your interface is static  not using dhcp    netsh interface ipv4 add dnsserver  Ethernet  address 192 168 x x index 1     2018 Update -  The command will work with either dnsserver  singular  or dnsservers  plural    The following example uses the latter and is valid as well    netsh interface ipv4 add dnsservers  Ethernet  address 192 168 x x index 1

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Here is another way to change DNS by using WMIC  Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line    The commands must be run as administrator to apply   Clear DNS servers   wmic nicconfig where  IPEnabled TRUE  call SetDNSServerSearchOrder      Set 1 DNS server   wmic nicconfig where  IPEnabled TRUE  call SetDNSServerSearchOrder   8 8 8 8     Set 2 DNS servers   wmic nicconfig where  IPEnabled TRUE  call SetDNSServerSearchOrder   8 8 8 8    8 8 4 4     Set 2 DNS servers on a particular network adapter   wmic nicconfig where   IPEnabled TRUE  and  Description    Local Area Connection    call SetDNSServerSearchOrder   8 8 8 8    8 8 4 4     Another example for setting the domain search list   wmic nicconfig call SetDNSSuffixSearchOrder   domain tld

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Here is your new friend  QuickSetDNS  by NirSoft  amazing as usual     It also can be used in command line    with these advantages over netsh    easier syntax  in particular for setting the alternate server automatically asks for privilege elevation    Just a few caveats    supports only setting of IPv4  not of IPv6 in command line  the adapter UUID should be used  not the friendly name  e g   Local Area Connection   since QuickSetDNS 1 21  connection names are also supported

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There are little difference in command of adding AND changing DNS-IPs   To Add   Syntax     netsh interface ipv4 add dnsserver  Network Interface Name  dns server ip index 1 for primary 2 for secondary  Eg     netsh interface ipv4 add dnsserver  Ethernet  8 8 8 8 index 1    Here  to know  Network Interface Name   type command netsh interface show interface 8 8 8 8 is Google s recursive DNS server  use it  if your s not working   To Set Change   as OP asked this   Syntax     netsh interface ipv4 set dnsservers  Network Interface Name  static dns server ip primary Eg     netsh interface ipv4 set dnsservers  Wi-Fi  static 8 8 4 4 primary    netsh interface ipv4 set dnsservers  Wi-Fi  dhcp    Last parameter can be none disable DNS  both set for primary and secondary DNS both  primary  for primary DNS only  You can notice here we are not using index-parameter as we did in adding DNS  In the place of static you can type dhcp to make DNS setting automatic  but further parameter will not be required      Note  Tested in windows 8 8 1  amp  10

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I wrote this script for switching DNS servers of all currently enabled interfaces to specific address      echo off     Google DNS set DNS1 8 8 8 8 set DNS2 8 8 4 4  for  f  tokens 1 2 3     i in   netsh int show interface   do       if   i equ Enabled           echo Changing    l     DNS1     DNS2          netsh int ipv4 set dns name    l  static  DNS1  primary validate no         netsh int ipv4 add dns name    l   DNS2  index 2 validate no          ipconfig  flushdns   EOF

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None of the answers are working for me on Windows 10  so here s what I use    echo off  set DNS1 8 8 8 8 set DNS2 8 8 4 4 set INTERFACE Ethernet  netsh int ipv4 set dns name   INTERFACE   static  DNS1  primary validate no netsh int ipv4 add dns name   INTERFACE    DNS2  index 2  ipconfig  flushdns  pause   This uses Google DNS  You can get interface name with the command netsh int show interface

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Batch file for setting a new dns server   echo off rem usage  setdns  lt dnsserver gt   lt interface gt  rem default dsnserver is dhcp rem default interface is Wi-Fi set dnsserver   1  if  dnsserver      set dnsserver  dhcp  set interface   2  if  interface      set interface  Wi-Fi  echo Showing current DNS setting for interface a interface  netsh interface ipv4 show dnsserver  interface  echo Changing dnsserver on interface  interface  to  dnsserver  if  dnsserver      dhcp  netsh interface ipv4 set dnsserver  interface   dnsserver  if NOT  dnsserver      dhcp  netsh interface ipv4 add dnsserver  interface  address  dnsserver  index 1 echo Showing new DNS setting for interface  interface  netsh interface ipv4 show dnsserver  interface

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To change DNS to automatic via command  you can run the following command   netsh interface ip set dns  Local Area Connection  dhcp

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