Add multiple WINS IP addresses using Command prompt

Question

Good afternoon everyone,

I am completely stumped and have exhausted all the links Master Google has to offer on this question; so it's time to ask the experts.

In short I'm trying to add 3 IP addresses the WINS list using a script. To configure this manually using windows control panel is simple yet time consuming and I wish to avoid this due to the number of PC's that need configuring. I have added an example screenshot of what I am attempting to achieve -IP Addresses are examples. WINS LIST Screenshot

I have tried the following batch script but it only adds the last address to the wins list.

netsh int ip set winsservers "Wi-Fi" static 10.0.0.1
netsh int ip set winsservers "Wi-Fi" static 10.0.0.2
netsh int ip set winsservers "Wi-Fi" static 10.0.0.3

I've tried a variation of this script that I came across that uses an index setting for example:

netsh int ip set winsservers "Wi-Fi" static 10.0.0.1 index=0
netsh int ip set winsservers "Wi-Fi" static 10.0.0.2 index=1
netsh int ip set winsservers "Wi-Fi" static 10.0.0.3 index=2

However this returns a syntax error. I have looked for a powershell script to do the same thing but again have come up empty handed in my research.

Any assistance will be greatly appreciate.

Answer 1

From my comment, my syntax expectation would have been:

%SystemRoot%\System32\netsh.exe interface ip add wins name=Wi-Fi addr=10.0.0.1 index=0
%SystemRoot%\System32\netsh.exe interface ip add wins name=Wi-Fi addr=10.0.0.2 index=1
%SystemRoot%\System32\netsh.exe interface ip add wins name=Wi-Fi addr=10.0.0.3 index=2

To learn more about the netsh.exe executable, ENTER the following command examples in a Command Prompt window:

• netsh /?
• netsh interface /?
• netsh interface ip /?