Is there a utility available somewhere that will release the IP address of a computer that will run from DOS (not from within Windows 95)?
I need to release the IP address on 100 Windows 95 workstations as part of resolving a DHCP table corruption problem on a Novell v4.11 server. I would like to create a DOS boot diskette to use on each of the workstations that will execute a batch file at the end of AUTOEXEC.BAT that executes a program that will release the IP address of that workstation. The Microsoft Windows program WINIPCFG can be used in a batch file using a command line parameter to release the IP address but it only works from Windows 95 or from a Windows 95 MS-DOS prompt (WINIPCFG will not work if you boot to DOS outside of Windows 95). I could do this by booting into Windows 95 but it will be much quicker to do this by booting to DOS.
I also tried the Windows NT IPCONFIG.EXE program after bootong from a DOS boot diskette but it also cannot be run in DOS mode.
Another alternative could be if someone can tell me where Windows 95 stores the IP address information (in the registry or in some other place). I tried searching the registry for my IP address but it is not found. If I could find where it is stored, then possibly I could create a routine to delete or change that information from a DOS batch file.
Thanks to anyone who can help me out.