Windows Screens don't show DNS Servers but ipconfig does

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xXFl1ppyXx@reddit

In all honesty? Who cares? Ipconfig is one of those tools everyone should know and make use of. When shit hits the fan and you have "that" one guy on the line (like the most basic end-user there is) and you need to guide him to getting ip Infos verbally, I'll sure as hell don't tell him to click through some obscure menus. ...Shit's rage inducing... ...even more so with Microsofts ever changing menus... But you can always get them to open up cmd and run ipconfig (/all) I'm trying to force myself to use PowerShell for everything command line related when I'm on windows machines. but damn, you won't see me typing get-netipaddress or whatever if I need to check my ip-address. I will only stop doing that when I die of old age. Ipconfig ftw, we ride together, we die together

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VNJCinPA@reddit (OP)

...until they remove it... 🙄 It'll be replaced with Get-NetAdapterIPv4ConfigDNS, much easier to remember 🤦

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Fatel28@reddit

Because its dhcp

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VNJCinPA@reddit (OP)

What's that have to do with it? Windows no longer tells you what DNS gets assigned?

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Fatel28@reddit

It never did. You just use ipconfig Or win + r, ncpa.cpl, double click adapter, details Is this on a server or something? This is an odd question to ask on this subreddit. I'd imagine any sysadmin would know how to check DNS servers

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VNJCinPA@reddit (OP)

I'm running Hyper V on my Win11 workstation and an Alpine instance inside it for docker, connected to my network Portainer environment. Previously (for years), you could see DHCP DNS, and I only was using it for configuring/validating my virtual switches. ipconfig does give proper answers, but I was wondering why Windows doesn't any more. It also isn't showing it in the vSwitch details. Sort of annoying...

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BlackV@reddit

> It also isn't showing it in the vSwitch details. Sort of annoying... the vswitch should not have ANY IP details, it does not have them, by design, your vNIC might, not the vswitch

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VNJCinPA@reddit (OP)

Yes that's technically correct, it gets created when you create the switch, but the issue is with an actual physical adapter.

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BlackV@reddit

Ya it was a little confusing with you blanking out random properties in your image TBH, its like 50 clicks to get to that page Get-DnsClientServerAddress Get-NetIPConfiguration ipconfig /all all exist and to me are easier do you ever manually assign addresses ? what does `Set-DnsClientServerAddress -ResetServerAddresses` do to that display?

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VNJCinPA@reddit (OP)

That last command might help, I'll check it. My post was only about how it's messed up in Windows, I know how I can get that info. It's even blank in the 'Details' of the adapter...

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BlackV@reddit

yes, thats why I think you've changed something at some point and why I was suggesting a reset as an example ive seen before, NIC has manually assigned 4 dns servers, first 2 were removed, 3 and 4 stayed in place but were not listed in the adapter properties until you went into advanced (also seem the same for IP address)

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BlackV@reddit

I think is a config issue at your side mine running win 11 and hyper-v (with multiple switches) show the correct details

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VNJCinPA@reddit (OP)

There are VPN adapters but the image is in the comments, ipconfig shows correctly, Windows UI does not, and it makes me miss Windows XP 🤣

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BlackV@reddit

XP was terrible, we can all be honest about that

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Intelligent-Magician@reddit

Take that back! ME was terrible, Vista was terrible. XP was okay — it just needed some service packs, and the blue screens were a good excuse to grab a coffee.

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BlackV@reddit

Ha valid time for a break Id still be rocking windows 2k if old direct X would have supported it It's rose tinted glasses for sure * Xp - unstable generally bad * Xp SP1 - better generally bad * Xp SP2 - good and pretty stable new firewall * Xp SP3 - forces ie (4?5?6?7?) into the os what version of ie was terrible * Windows 8 - just meh, horrible Start menu * Windows 8.1 - good "improvement" in start memu And so on

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Intelligent-Magician@reddit

I forgot Windows 8. Windows 8.1 with Classic Start menu add ons, was pretty solid.

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VNJCinPA@reddit (OP)

Here we go... Left is Windows screen, right is ipconfig... https://preview.redd.it/csfz8bs3n0nf1.png?width=1197&format=png&auto=webp&s=1f0f99190ca63ff696a6aa00b0677315c8cdbb0d

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ZAFJB@reddit

In the left windows you have a 169 address, not a DHCP address , so of course there is no DNS defined. You are not comparing like for like.

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MindErection@reddit

Skill issue

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VNJCinPA@reddit (OP)

Go try and RDP into a cluster 🤦

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MindErection@reddit

Man u sound so smart!!

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VNJCinPA@reddit (OP)

Must be my skill issue

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VNJCinPA@reddit (OP)

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaa No

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sryan2k1@reddit

Likely a bug in your network card's driver. No issues here.

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siedenburg2@reddit

ah it's the "new" screen, yes, thats buggy, hell of fun if you try to debug dhcp. Go into the old control panel and configure your network adapter there, that should do the trick, or reset it, sometimes if you change it in the new one things get stuck

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Windows Screens don't show DNS Servers but ipconfig does

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