# Elasticsearch network.host in windows

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-network-host-in-windows/1019>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 20, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-network-host-in-windows/1019 "2015-05-20T18:05:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Slava\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Slava\_G](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Slava_G)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-network-host-in-windows/1019/1 "2015-05-20T18:05:19Z")

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Hi,  
I'm trying to specify network interface in the ES configuration, in the Linux it's easy, eth0 or tun0 for example (retrieved by ifconfig)  
But how this is done in windows (ipconfig returns names that I'm not sure can be used) ?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-network-host-in-windows/1019/2 "2017-07-06T00:12:58Z")

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