For those reading this. You can get to the DOS command prompt by:
1. Clicking the start button
2. Clicking on run from the pop-up menu
3. Typing cmd
4. Then you get a black box with most likely than not. White text. That is your DOS window.
you can also just press [windows key] + [R] then type in cmd
I would suggest people learn their way around dos as it has helped me a good number of times (and i mean actual dos not the windows based one)
I have been trying to fix this for many years, well two years, but never figured out how to do this.
and if I type: cmd /k ipconfig in dos prompt I get the following IP address: 10.0.0.3
that can't be right, can it?
I don't know what name brand router do you have. What name brand is it?
Also since you are talking about already going into DOS prompt. Have you tried just typing this in:
ipconfig /all Notice: There is a space between the g and the forward slash.
Why you add the "cmd /k " at all is beyond me. You get the same results as typing in ipconfig.
ipconfig /all gives you more information, which comes in handy when you want to assign a computer a permanent LAN IP address. As you might or might not know. The LAN IP address can cna change if when you turn off a PC. The router will automatically assign it a new one based on what IPs are available. That's if you have the router set up to assign your PCs a LAN IP address.
Try just typing in ipconfig in the dos prompt window and see if you get the same results.