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baroo
Copper Contributor
Dec 20, 2024

Cannot set static IP address on second network adapter (Windows 11 Pro)

I have two wired network adapters on my computer. The first one is conefigured with static IP address, netmask, gateway and DNS servers and it works fine. I tried to configure the second network adapter with IP address and netmask and Windows preserves these settings in GUI, however when I inspect thata network interface with ipconfig commenad the IP address is 169.254.79.184. I cannot change that even by using netsh. It seems to be some kind of bug in Windows 11. Does anyone can halp me with that?

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  • Eleanovelt's avatar
    Eleanovelt
    Iron Contributor
    Aug 14, 2025

    Manually enter the IP + force configuration via commands + update the driver – these three steps will resolve the multi-network card static IP issue.

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