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Fortunately, everything you can do using Netsh can be done with PowerShell, which also does much
more. There are dozens of cmdlets in the Net-TCP/IP category alone, including Get-NetIPConfiguration,
which returns a concise list of details for the current network, such as the one shown in Figure 7-10.
FIGURE 7-10 Simple PowerShell cmdlets provide the ability to view and change network settings in Windows 10.
You can use other cmdlets, including New-NetIPAddress and Set-DnsClientServerAddress, to
change network settings—in this case, the local IP address and DNS server address for a network
adapter.
Note For a full list of network-related PowerShell commands, see http://bit.ly/powershell-net-tcp.
Support for IPv6
The transition from IPv4 to IPv6 networks is well under way, but it still has a long way to go. Windows
10 fully supports IPv4 networking, of course, but the supply of available IPv4 addresses has officially
dried up. The use of network address translation (NAT) allows homes and small businesses to share a
single IPv4 address, but the widespread use of NATs makes location-based services less effective and
degrades many applications that rely on direct communication. As the Internet of Things takes hold
and every device within range has its own direct connection to multiple networks, the problems only
become more acute.
CHAPTER 7 Windows 10 networking 101