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To check the IP address assigned to your NIC
1.
Click
Start
→
Programs
(or
All Programs
, if you are in Windows XP Start
menu mode)
→
Accessories
→
Command Prompt
.
2.
When the
Command Prompt
dialog box appears, type
ipconfig
and press
the <ENTER> key. Verify that your IP address is 192.168.2.xxx and your
Subnet Mask is 255.255.255.0.
If they are not, go to steps 3 and 4 below.
3.
Type
ipconfig/release
and press the <ENTER> key.
4.
Type
ipconfig/renew
and press the <ENTER> key.
Your IP address and Subnet Mask change to the above values.
In Windows 98
SE/Me
1.
Click
Start
→
Settings
→
Control Panel
.
2.
Double-click the
Network
icon.
3.
When the
Network
dialog box appears, click the
Configuration
tab.
4.
Click the name of your Ethernet card, for example, TCP/IP->PRO/100+
Management Adapter (10/100) and then click the
Properties
button.
5.
When the
TCP/IP Properties
dialog box appears, click the
IP Address
tab.
6.
Click the
Obtain an IP address automatically
option to select it and click
the
OK
button.
7.
Click the
OK
button.
8.
When Windows prompts you to restart your computer, click the
Yes
button.
The computer restarts.
To check the IP address assigned to your NIC
1.
Click
Start
→
Run
.
2.
When the
Run
dialog box appears, type
winipcfg
in the
Open
box, then click
the
OK
button. The next dialog box may take a minute or two to appear, so do
not restart your computer or abort this operation prematurely.
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3.
In the
IP Configuration
dialog box that appears, click the arrow next to the
first box and then click the name of your network device to select it. Verify
that your IP address is 192.168.2.xxx and your Subnet Mask is
255.255.255.0.
If they are not, go to steps 4 and 5 below.
4.
Click the
Release
button and then click the
Renew
button. Your IP address
and Subnet Mask change to the above values.
5.
Click the
OK
button to close the
IP Configuration
dialog box.
Configuring your
wireless client
Your wireless adapter is the wireless equivalent of an NIC. Preparing a computer
on a wireless LAN is, therefore, similar to preparing a computer on a wired LAN.
Before performing the steps presented in "Configuring your wired client" on page
4-2, however, ensure that the wireless settings of your computer’s wireless
adapter match the default wireless settings of your Wireless AP Router, namely:
❑
Operation Mode: Infrastructure
❑
SSID: Network Blaster
❑
Authentication: Open
❑
WEP Mode: Disabled
Refer to the User’s
Guide of your
computer’s wireless
adapter if you need
instructions on
changing its wireless
settings.
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Step 2:
Configuring
basic settings
on your
Wireless AP
Router
After preparing a computer, you can configure the basic settings of your Wireless
AP Router using a web browser.
Disabling the proxy
setting in your web
browser
To access your Wireless AP Router’s configuration page, the HTTP Proxy feature in
your web browser has to be disabled.
To disable the HTTP Proxy feature in Internet Explorer:
1.
Start Internet Explorer and click the
Stop
button.
2.
Click the
Tools
menu option and then click
Internet Options
to select it.
3.
In the
Internet Options
dialog box that appears, click the
Connections
tab.
4.
Click the
LAN settings
button.
5.
Clear all the check boxes.
6.
Click the
OK
button in the next two dialog boxes that appear to complete
disabling the HTTP Proxy feature.
Accessing the
configuration page
1.
On the computer that you have prepared, open a web browser such as
Internet Explorer or Netscape.
2.
Type
in the
Address
(for Internet Explorer) or
Location
(for Netscape) box and press the <ENTER> key.
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3.
A dialog box appears prompting
you for a username and
password.
Type
admin
in the
User Name
and
Password
boxes (Figure
4-1).
4.
Click the
OK
button.
Figure 4-1
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5.
You should see the Creative Network Blaster Wireless AP Router
System
Status
page loaded in your browser (Figure 4-2).
Figure 4-2
19216811.live