ip-settings.ps1 — LAN Network Profile Configurator

A PowerShell script for quickly switching a Windows network adapter between predefined static IP profiles or DHCP. Designed for situations where you need to connect to devices on different subnets — such as cameras, PLCs, or other industrial equipment — without manually digging through Network Settings every time.

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Features

• Auto-detects all physical network adapters and shows their current status, mode (DHCP/Static), and IP address
• Lets you pick the adapter interactively by number
• Applies one of two pre-configured static IP profiles or switches back to DHCP
• Verifies and displays the new IP after applying

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Requirements

• Windows 10 / Windows 11
• PowerShell 5.1 or newer (pre-installed on all modern Windows systems)
• Administrator privileges (required to change network settings)

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First-Time Setup

If you have never run a local PowerShell script before, you may need to allow script execution once:

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser

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How to Run

Option A — Right-click Right-click ip-settings.ps1 → Run with PowerShell

Note: this may not run as Administrator. If the script exits with an admin warning, use Option B.

Option B — Administrator PowerShell (recommended)

# Open PowerShell as Administrator, navigate to the script folder
cd C:\Users\Dejan
.\ip-settings.ps1

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Usage Walkthrough

Step 1 — Select your adapter

The script lists all physical network adapters found on the system:

  Available Network Adapters:

  [1]  Ethernet                            Status: Up            Mode: DHCP      IP: 192.168.1.100
  [2]  Ethernet 2                          Status: Disconnected  Mode: Static    IP: 192.168.178.22

  Enter adapter number: 1

Step 2 — Choose a profile

  Profiles:
  [1]  Camera Control  ->  192.168.178.22  /24   GW: 192.168.178.1
  [2]  LAN Profile 2   ->  192.168.1.222   /24   GW: 192.168.1.1
  [3]  DHCP (automatic)

  Enter profile number: 1

Step 3 — Done

The script applies the settings and confirms the new IP:

  [OK]  Camera Control applied -> 192.168.178.22/24  GW: 192.168.178.1
  [..]  Verifying new config...

  Current IP : 192.168.178.22/24

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IP Profiles

Profile	IP Address	Subnet Mask	Gateway	Use Case
Camera Control	192.168.178.22	255.255.255.0 (/24)	192.168.178.1	Camera / device control network
LAN Profile 2	192.168.1.222	255.255.255.0 (/24)	192.168.1.1	Local area network
DHCP	Automatic	Automatic	Automatic	Standard office / home network

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Customizing Profiles

To change the IP addresses, subnet, or gateway — open ip-settings.ps1 in any text editor and find these lines:

# Profile 1 - Camera Control
$newIP = "192.168.178.22"; $prefix = 24; $gateway = "192.168.178.1"

# Profile 2 - LAN Profile 2
$newIP = "192.168.1.222"; $prefix = 24; $gateway = "192.168.1.1"

Edit the values and save. No other changes needed.

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Troubleshooting

"Please run this script as Administrator!" Open PowerShell by right-clicking the Start button → Terminal (Admin) or Windows PowerShell (Admin).

"running scripts is disabled on this system" Run this once in PowerShell:

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser

No adapters listed Make sure at least one physical (non-virtual) network adapter is present and visible in Device Manager.

IP not applied after DHCP switch DHCP can take a few seconds. Wait a moment and check with:

ipconfig /all

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Author

Configured for Dejan's workstation — Camera Control & LAN switching utility.