network settings in the cli

[junale]

hi,

we have about 20 machines and now - that i have an quite comlpeted unattended xp setup - i need to set machine's networksettings in a batch/in the command line interface. How can i do this?

i haven't found an option in "net"

i'm not so used to "netsh" - but i'm overwhelmed by the pure number of options

anybody some hints?

i have to set:

* ip

* machine's name

thx in advance

[b0r3d]

You are able to set the computer name in the winnt.sif file of your XP CD.

Looks like this:

[UserData]
    ProductKey=XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX
    FullName="Jesus H. Christ"
    OrgName="Christianity"
    ComputerName=OMGWTFNULL

As for IP's, i think newly installed computers get their IP's automatically by default, so if you have a server, you can set up DHCP, and just limit the scope to 20 ip numbers. That way when each of your clients boot, they get an IP number in order to which they boot.