Steve Dirickson wrote:
>[Bruce Toback wrote:]
>        How do I get Win95 to change its IP address and such without
>rebooting?>>
>
>Denys will have to enlighten us about Win95, but I can say a few things
>about NT.
>
>The "net" command is a little-known interface to the networking (and other)
>subsystems on both Win9x and NT. You can start, stop, and configure a
>variety of subsystems using variations on the command.
[Command sequence snipped]
>At this point I can access the network using the new IP address.
>
>It's worth the time to spend a few minutes poking around with "net help" and
>related commands.

Before I posted my original message, I tried changing the IP address on
my desktop WinNT 4.0 box using the control panel. The new setting took
effect as soon as I pressed the "OK" button to end the dialog. Existing
connections retained their old addresses, but new connections used the
new address.

So apparently, NT4.0 allows some live reconfiguration without shutting
down running services. NT3.51 definitely did not.

-- Bruce


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