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Figure 143
Windows 95/98/Me: TCP/IP Properties: DNS
Configuration
4
Click the
Gateway
tab.
•
If you do not know your gateway‘s IP address, remove previously installed gateways.
•
If you have a gateway IP address, type it in the
New gateway field
and click
Add
.
5
Click
OK
to save and close the
TCP/IP Properties
window.
6
Click
OK
to close the
Network
window. Insert the Windows CD if prompted.
7
Turn on your router and restart your computer when prompted.
Verifying Settings
1
Click
Start
and then
Run
.
2
In the
Run
window, type "winipcfg" and then click
OK
to open the
IP Configuration
window.
3
Select your network adapter. You should see your computer's IP address, subnet mask and default gateway.
Windows 2000/NT/XP
The following example figures use the default Windows XP GUI theme.
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1
Click
start
(
Start
in Windows 2000/NT),
Settings
,
Control Panel
.
Figure 144
Windows XP: Start Menu
2
In the
Control Panel
, double-click
Network Connections
(
Network and Dial-up Connections
in Windows
2000/NT).
Figure 145
Windows XP: Control Panel
3
Right-click
Local Area Connection
and then click
Properties
.
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Figure 146
Windows XP: Control Panel: Network Connections:
Properties
4
Select
Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
(under the
General
tab in Win XP) and then click
Properties
.
Figure 147
Windows XP: Local Area Connection Properties
5
The
Internet Protocol TCP/IP Properties
window opens (the
General tab
in Windows XP).
•
If you have a dynamic IP address click
Obtain an IP address automatically
.
•
If you have a static IP address click
Use the following IP Address
and fill in the
IP address
,
Subnet mask
, and
Default gateway
fields.
•
Click
Advanced
.
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Figure 148
Windows XP: Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Properties
6
If you do not know your gateway's IP address, remove any previously installed gateways in the
IP Settings
tab and click
OK
.
Do one or more of the following if you want to configure additional IP addresses:
•
In the
IP Settings
tab, in IP addresses, click
Add
.
•
In
TCP/IP Address
, type an IP address in
IP address
and a subnet mask in
Subnet mask
, and then click
Add
.
•
Repeat the above two steps for each IP address you want to add.
•
Configure additional default gateways in the
IP Settings
tab by clicking
Add
in
Default gateways
.
•
In
TCP/IP Gateway Address
, type the IP address of the default gateway in
Gateway
. To manually configure a default
metric (the number of transmission hops), clear the
Automatic metric
check box and type a metric in
Metric
.
•
Click
Add
.
•
Repeat the previous three steps for each default gateway you want to add.
•
Click
OK
when finished.
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Figure 149
Windows XP: Advanced TCP/IP
Properties
7
In the
Internet Protocol TCP/IP Properties
window (the
General tab
in Windows XP):
•
Click
Obtain DNS server address automatically
if you do not know your DNS server IP address(es).
•
If you know your DNS server IP address(es), click
Use the following DNS server addresses
, and type them in the
Preferred DNS
server
and
Alternate DNS server
fields.
If you have previously configured DNS servers, click
Advanced
and then the
DNS
tab to order them.