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1
Click the
Start
icon,
Control Panel
.
Figure 205
Windows Vista: Start Menu
2
In the
Control Panel
, double-click
Network and Internet
.
Figure 206
Windows Vista: Control Panel
3
Click
Network and Sharing Center
.
Figure 207
Windows Vista: Network And Internet
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4
Click
Manage network connections
.
Figure 208
Windows Vista: Network and Sharing Center
5
Right-click
Local Area Connection
and then click
Properties
.
Note: During this procedure, click
Continue
whenever Windows displays a screen saying
that it needs your permission to continue.
Figure 209
Windows Vista: Network and Sharing Center
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6
Select
Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)
and click
Properties
.
Figure 210
Windows Vista: Local Area Connection Properties
7
The
Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties
window opens (the
General tab
).
•
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.
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• Click
Advanced
.
Figure 211
Windows Vista: Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties
8
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.
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• Click
OK
when finished.
Figure 212
Windows Vista: Advanced TCP/IP Properties
9
In the
Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties
window, (the
General tab
):
• 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.