About networksetup in Remote Desktop
The command-line tool networksetup is used to configure a client’s network settings.
Any command that uses networksetup can be used in Remote Desktop using the Send UNIX Command task.
Find the command-line syntax, explanations, and example in the tool’s help prompt:
networksetup -helpA few of the capabilities of networksetup are listed below.
Flag | Description |
|---|---|
-listallnetworkservices | Displays a list of all the network services on the computer’s hardware ports. An asterisk (*) denotes that a network service is disabled. |
-setmanual networkservice ip subnet router | Set the TCP/IP configuration for network service to manual with IP address set to networksetup -setmanual "Ethernet" 192.168.100.100 255.255.255.0 192.168.100.1 |
-setdhcp networkservice [clientid] | Sets the TCP/IP configuration for the specified network service to use DHCP. The client ID is optional. Specify “Empty” for [clientid] to clear the DHCP client id. For example: networksetup -setdhcp "Ethernet" |
-setbootp networkservice | Sets the TCP/IP configuration for the specified network service to use BOOTP. For example: networksetup -setbootp "Ethernet" |
-setmanualwithdhcprouter networkservice ip | Specifies a manual IP address to use for DHCP for the specified network service. For example: networksetup -setmanualwithdhcprouter "Ethernet" 192.168.100.120 |
-setdnsservers networkservice dns1 [dns2] | Specifies the IP addresses of servers you want the specified network service to use to resolve domain names. You can list any number of servers (replace networksetup -setdnsservers "Ethernet" 192.168.100.100 192.168.100.12 |
-setsearchdomains networkservice domain1 [domain2] | Designates the search domain for the specified network service. You can list any number of search domains (replace networksetup -setsearchdomains "Ethernet" example.com foo.com |
-setwebproxy networkservice domain portnumber (on | off) [username password] | Sets Web proxy for a network service with domain and port number. Turns proxy on. Optionally, specify networksetup -setwebproxy "Ethernet" proxy.company.com 80 on steve mypassword |
-help | Displays a list of all the commands available in the Network Setup Tool, with explanatory information. |