IP address is used for communication between computers in the network. It has to be unique within the network and is assigned to each network interface in a computer that participates in a network.
You can get the IP address and other network information such as the default gateway, subnet mask, DHCP, and DNS informationYou can also see if the network interface is physically connected to the switch from the command prompt.
C:\Users\user>ipconfig Windows IP Configuration Ethernet adapter Ethernet0: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : localdomain Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::216e:245a:7a1d:e789%6 IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.111.189 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.111.2 Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
C:\Users\user>ipconfig /all Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : host Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : localdomain Ethernet adapter Ethernet0: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : localdomain Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) 82574L Gigabit Network Connection Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-29-D1-94-0A DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::216e:245a:7a1d:e789%6(Preferred) IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.111.189(Preferred) Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, February 19, 2022 1:38:46 PM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, February 19, 2022 2:23:45 PM Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.111.2 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.111.254 DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 100666409 DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-29-A3-1B-BC-00-0C-29-D1-94-0A DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.111.2 Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.111.2 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network) Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : F8-FF-C2-51-B8-74 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
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