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Wireless-G Broadband Router
Chapter 5: Configuring the PCs
Overview
The instructions in this chapter will help you configure each of your PCs, so they will be able to communicate with the Router. To do this, you need to configure your PC’s network settings to obtain an IP (or TCP/IP) address automatically, so your PC can function as a DHCP client. Computers use IP addresses to communicate with the
Router and each other across a network, such as the Internet.
First, find out which Windows operating system your computer is running. You can find out by clicking the Start button. Read the side panel of the Start menu to find out which operating system your PC is running.
You may need to do this for each computer you are connecting to the Router.
The next few pages tell you, step by step, how to configure your network settings based on the type of Windows operating system you are using. Make sure that an Ethernet or wireless adapter (also known as a network adapter) has been successfully installed in each PC you will configure. Once you’ve configured your computers, continue to “Chapter 6: Configuring the Wireless-G Broadband Router.”
Configuring Windows 98SE and Millennium PCs
1. Click the Start button. Select Settings and click the Control Panel icon. Double-click the Network icon.
2. On the Configuration tab, select the TCP/IP line for the applicable Ethernet adapter, as shown in Figure 5-1.
Do not choose a TCP/IP entry whose name mentions DUN, PPPoE, VPN, or AOL. If the word TCP/IP appears by itself, select that line. Click the Properties button.
3. Click the IP Address tab. Select Obtain an IP address automatically. (See Figure 5-2.)
4. Now click the Gateway tab, and verify that the Installed Gateway field is blank. Click the OK button.
5. Click the OK button again. Windows may ask you for the original Windows installation disk or additional files.
Check for the files at c:\windows\options\cabs, or insert your Windows CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive and check the correct file location, e.g., D:\win98, D:\win9x, etc. (if “D” is the letter of your CD-ROM drive).
6. Windows may ask you to restart your PC. Click the Yes button. If Windows does not ask you to restart, restart your computer anyway.
Go to “Chapter 6: Configuring the Wireless-G Broadband Router.”
Chapter 5: Configuring the PCs
Overview
IMPORTANT: Important: By default Windows
98SE, 2000, Me, and XP has TCP/IP installed and set to obtain an IP address automatically. If your
PC does not have TCP/IP installed, click Start and then Help. Search for the keyword TCP/IP. Then follow the instructions to install TCP/IP.
Figure 5-1: Configuration Tab
Figure 5-2: IP Address Tab
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Configuring Windows 2000 PCs
1. Click the Start button. Select Settings and click the Control Panel icon. Double-click the Network and
Dial-up Connections icon.
2. Select the Local Area Connection icon for the applicable Ethernet adapter (usually it is the first Local Area
Connection listed). Double-click the Local Area Connection. Click the Properties button. (See Figure 5-3.)
3. Make sure the box next to Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is checked. Highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and click the Properties button. (See Figure 5-4.)
4. Select Obtain an IP address automatically. Once the new window appears, click the OK button. Click the
OK button again to complete the PC configuration. (See Figure 5-5.)
5. Restart your computer.
Go to “Chapter 6: Configuring the Wireless-G Broadband Router.”
Figure 5-3: Properties
Figure 5-4: TCP/IP
Chapter 5: Configuring the PCs
Configuring Windows 2000 PCs
Figure 5-5: IP Address
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Configuring Windows XP PCs
The following instructions assume you are running Windows XP with the default interface. If you are using the
Classic interface (where the icons and menus look like previous Windows versions), follow the instructions for
Windows 2000.
1. Click the Start button and then the Control Panel icon. Click the Network and Internet Connections icon.
Then click the Network Connections icon.
2. Select the Local Area Connection icon for the applicable Ethernet adapter (usually it is the first Local Area
Connection listed). Double-click the Local Area Connection. Click the Properties button. (See Figure 5-6.)
3. Make sure the box next to Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is checked. Highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and click the Properties button. (See Figure 5-7.)
4. Select Obtain an IP address automatically. (See Figure 5-8.) Once the new window appears, click the OK button. Click the OK button again to complete the PC configuration.
Go to “Chapter 6: Configuring the Wireless-G Broadband Router.”
Figure 5-6: Properties
Figure 5-7: TCP/IP
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Configuring Windows XP PCs
Figure 5-8: IP Address
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