How to add additional IPv4 on Windows Server 2019

How to add additional IPv4 on Windows Server 2019

Introduction

How to configure IPv4 on Windows Server is explained here. Make sure you adhere to the instructions in the support article.

Prerequisites

credentials for the Windows Server with administrator rights
Extra IPv4 addresses

Step 1: Access your server.
RDP into your server and log in.

Step 2: Open the Control Panel
Activate the Start menu, then select Control Panel.

additional ipv4 address control panel

Step 3 – Open Netwerk Configuration

Open Network and Internet

additional ipv4-address network center

Click Change adapter settings on the left sidebar

additional ipv4 address network change

Step 4 – Add Additional IPv4

Right click on the network device and click Properties

additional ipv4 address network connections properties

Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and click Properties

additional ipv4 address network ethernet properties ipv4

Click Advanced

additional ipv4-address network advanced properties

In the IP Settings tab click Add

additional ipv4 address network properties add

Enter the IPv4 address and subnet mask

network ipv4 properties add ipv4

Click Add

Click OK in Advanced TCP/IP Settings

Click OK in Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties

Click Close to close the network device configuration

 

Warning!

Windows is blocking ICMP request by default. Before proceeding with step 5 check if Windows Firewall is blocking ICMP packets for IPv4. Otherwise you will not get any response from the server.

Step 5 – Test IPv4 Address

The final step is to check whether the configured additional IPv4 is working. Open command prompt or terminal on your local computer. You can find the commands below per Operating System.

Windows:

ping 193.33.61.xxx

Linux

ping 193.33.61.xxx

MacOS

ping 193.33.61.xxx

Conclusion

If you followed this article you should have an additional IPv4 address on your server.