Weird behavior for ipconfig

I set up my network card to use a static IP address. But if I didn't
turn on the router, `ipconfig /all` would not report the static address.
`ping _static_IP_` also didn't work

Weird....

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Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

I set up my network card to use a static IP address. But if I didn't
turn on the router, `ipconfig /all` would not report the static address.
`ping _static_IP_` also didn't work

So you're saying the NIC was plugged in to a powered-off router? In
which case I'd expect ipconfig to say "media disconnected" and not
respond to ping to the NIC's address, even locally. Not weird at all.

On 20/08/16 21:54, Andy Burns wrote:

So you're saying the NIC was plugged in to a powered-off router? In
which case I'd expect ipconfig to say "media disconnected" and not
respond to ping to the NIC's address, even locally. Not weird at all.

ipconfig should have still reported that static IP address, and pinging
the static IP address should not have failed.

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Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:

ipconfig should have still reported that static IP address

static addresses on disconnected interfaces are temporarily non-existent.

and pinging the static IP address should not have failed.

static addresses on disconnected interfaces are temporarily non-existent.

On Sun, 21 Aug 2016 18:53:12 +0800, "Mr. Man-wai Chang"
wrote:

On 20/08/16 21:54, Andy Burns wrote:

So you're saying the NIC was plugged in to a powered-off router? In
which case I'd expect ipconfig to say "media disconnected" and not
respond to ping to the NIC's address, even locally. Not weird at all.

ipconfig should have still reported that static IP address

I agree with Andy that a "Media disconnected" message takes display priority
over reporting the static IP, but I disagree in that as far as I can tell,
the static IP is still available and can be pinged locally, even when the
cable is disconnected.

and pinging the static IP address should not have failed.

It doesn't fail for me on 8.1 and 7. I haven't tried on 10.

Note that I'm assuming that you directly pinged the static IP, and not a
hostname that should resolve to the static IP.

Char Jackson wrote:

"Mr. Man-wai Chang" wrote:

pinging the static IP address should not have failed.

It doesn't fail for me on 8.1 and 7. I haven't tried on 10.

You're right it does, I hadn't checked

Maybe use "netsh interface ipv4 show ipaddresses" instead of ipconfig?