How to create an IP alias on Windows

Question

I need to create an alias for my network interface such that it can be accessed locally with either 127.0.0.1 or 33.33.33.33.

In *nix I would do this:

Answer 1

You cannot add an alias in the GUI when using DHCP to get an address. The "netsh" command, however, is helpful to achieve this:

netsh interface ip add address "Local Area Connection" 192.168.2.2 255.255.255.0

This has to be done as an administrator.

Use "ipconfig" to check what the network interface is called. In my case it is "Local Area Connection".