How to check the IP set up, netmask and DNS on a Windows server

How do I check the IP setup, netmask, gateway and DNS on my Dedicated Windows server?

This answer explains how you can check the IP setup on your Windows dedicated server.

This article applies to Windows Dedicated Server accounts.

 

This can be done either through desktop or through command line. Right click on 'my network places' -> properties and right click onto properties on the 'local area connection'. This should give the detail of the server IP address. Currently we are using class C network so the netmask would look like 255.255.255.0

Through the command line, you can check the network routing table (IP address etc) by going to the dos command prompt and issue the following command:

c:\>netstat -arp

this shows the routing table and the setup on all the network card.

c:\>ipconfig

shows the ipaddress setup

Alternatively you can check the routing table on windows by issuing the command

c:\>route print

this will show all the route and the loop back settings along with default gateway.