User's Manual

4
Prepa ring Your Net w ork
In this chapter, you’ll learn what to do before configuring your router.
efore you can configure your router, you need to set up all the computers on your
network for TCP/IP networking. You also need to know certain information from your
ISP.
Configuring Window s for I P N etw ork ing
You need to configure each computer in your network for TCP/IP networking. If you plan to
use the DHCP feature (recommended), you should configure each computer to receive an IP
address automatically. See the procedure below for instructions.
If you don’t plan to use DHCP, you’ll need to manually assign an IP address to each computer.
Refer to your Windows documentation for instructions on how to do this.
T
O CONFIGURE
W
INDOWS TO RE CE IVE DYNAMIC
IP
ADRE SSE S
:
1.
Click Start, then choose Settings -> Network and Dial-up Connections ->
[name of your ISP connection].
A Status dialog box will appear:
Cha pt er
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