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Windows release DHCP IP Address and get a new one

 Working remotely is quite a norm in today's pandemic world.  IT / System Admin working remotely may find it difficult or a good opportunity to work at the comfort at their own homes. Difficult in a way, when something goes wrong on a server or any device and you need a physical hand even just to force power off and turn it back on may seem an impossible task. DHCP is an amazing technology that lets machines auto configured themselves with an IP Address without human intervention. But not everything seems to work smoothly at times, and if you have multiple networks in a single manage switch. Changing one network from another makes life easier using a manage switch. However, the machine, server or computer may not change easily; you either need to reboot the machine or just simply release and renew the DHCP to set or get the desired IP Address from a new network profile. In Windows DHCP network, ipconfig /release will release the IP and the machine will be automat...