Assign IP based on MAC address

[gparmar]

Hello,

I have been looking out for a vb script which will assign a specific IP based on the MAC address it reads from a txt file.

help me achieve this.

any tools/how to/guides.

thanks

[hj_fr]

With DHCP you can do it easily...

[oioldman]

I'd go wth hj_fr, use DHCP.

Get the PC MAC address add it to DHCP reservations with your desired ip, and bingo all done

[Yzöwl]

More information would also be of help to further responders.

Have you just got a list of MAC Addresses, have you got a list of MAC Addresses each accompanied by a required IP Address and SubNet. etc.

[cluberti]

Something like this vbscript will get you a PC's MAC address:

' ----------

'

Dim objNetworkAdapters, objAdapter, objWMI

Set objWMI = Nothing

Set objWMI = GetObject("winmgmts:")

' Get a list of IP-enabled adapters

Set objNetworkAdapters = objWMI.ExecQuery("select * from Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration where IPEnabled = 1")

For Each objAdapter In objNetworkAdapters

wscript.echo "Network adapter: " & objAdapter.Caption & " has MAC address " & objAdapter.MacAddress

'

' ----------

What you do with that information is up to you , but at least you can now have the MAC address of each machine.

[RogueSpear]

If you have so many computers that you need a script to do this, then that means you really should be running a DHCP server and using reservations. I know that reservations defeat half the purpose of DHCP, but still it's a hell of a lot easier to change a DNS server assignment on 100 workstations via DHCP than to physically visit each one (or even to script that out too).

[gparmar]

thanks for all the replies. will try out DHCP reservtrions.