User's Manual

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Chapter 4: Configure your PC
Overview
The instructions in this chapter will help you configure each of your computers to be able
to communicate with the E6501S. If you are re-using an existing router, please skip ahead
to the section, “Connect E6501S behind an existing router” later in this chapter.
To communicate with the router in the E6501S, your PCs must be configured to obtain an
IP address automatically from the E6501S. This IP address helps the computer
communicate across the Internet. It is quite likely that your computers are already
configured that way, but the following instructions will help you make sure that is true.
Find out what operating system your computers are using and skip ahead to the
appropriate section of this chapter that applies to you. You can find out what operating
system you are running, such as Windows 95, 98, Millennium, 2000, or XP by:
• Windows XP: Click on the Start button, then Control Panel then click on
System.
•
All other Windows Operating Systems: Click on the Start button and then
Settings and then click on Control Panel. Finally double click on System.
•
All other Operating Systems (Including Mac)
: Please see your system manual
for instructions on enabling DHCP on your Ethernet interface.
For the Windows OS, click cancel after you have identified your operating system.
Configuring Windows 95, 98, and Millennium PCs
1. Go to the Network page by clicking on Start and then Settings. Click on
Control Panel and then double-click on the Network icon to open the window
below: