Thread: Change Network Configuration using win32 VC++

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    Change Network Configuration using win32 VC++

    I want to change my system IP, subnet mask, host name etc. using win32 VC++.
    I've tried AddIPAddress function but that's not persistent.
    I want to change it that it should be change without rebooting system and should be there after restarting the system.
    Thanks!

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    Why do you need to do this?

    It's not like you can pretend to everyone that you're Google or anything.

    If you're on any kind of network, your IP address is usually assigned by some DHCP server.
    Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    If you control such a thing (say your router), then you should be able to configure it to give you whatever local subnet IP address you want.
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    Why do you need to do this?
    is this the way you answer a question?
    It's not like you can pretend to everyone that you're Google or anything.
    this is the way you are helping others on forum. If you don't know the answer why you always try to answer that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NetCoder View Post
    is this the way you answer a question?

    this is the way you are helping others on forum. If you don't know the answer why you always try to answer that.
    this is the way a question gets answered when you're asking to do something that's potentially dangerous. taking control of IP addresses is something that is often done by malware. we don't just hand out answers like that here on the forum. Salem was trying to understand the problem you are trying to solve, so that a proper solution could be provided. if you want people to help you, you need to stop pretending that you're so important that the rules don't apply to you.

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