Networking – PowerShell Engineering

Associate DNS with TCP/IP

This command associates DNS information with TCP/IP addresses on to an interface.

Set-DnsClientServerAddress -InterfaceAlias "Ethernet" -ServerAddresses ("127.0.0.1,"127.0.0.2")

Useful parameters:

-InterfaceAlias

Specifies the name of the interface.

-ServerAdresses

Specifies a list of DNS server IP addresses to use.

Reference:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/dnsclient/Set-DnsClientServerAddress?view=win10-ps

Create and configure an IP address

With this command we are specifying the network interface, the IPv4/6 address you want to use, your subnet and the host address to create a new IP address.

New-NetIPAddress -InterfaceIndex 12 -IPAddress 192.168.0.1 -PrefixLength 24 -DefaultGateway 192.168.0.5

Reference:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/nettcpip/new-netipaddress?view=win10-ps

Create a new A record

This command adds a host address (A) record to your DNS zone.

Add-DnsServerResourceRecordA -Name "hostname" -ZoneName "powershellengineering.com" -IPv4Address "127.0.0.1"

Useful parameters:

-CreatePtr

Creates a corresponding PTR record.

-AllowUpdateAny

Gives any authenticated user rights to update the record.

Reference:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/dnsserver/add-dnsserverresourcerecorda?view=win10-ps