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5. Click the OK button again. Windows may ask you for the original
Windows installation disk or additional files. Supply them by pointing to
the
correct
file
location,
c:\windows\options\cabs, etc. (This assumes that "D" is the letter of your
CD-ROM drive).
6. If Windows asks you to restart your PC, click the Yes button. If Windows
does not ask you to restart, restart your computer anyway.
Repeat steps 1-6 for each PC on your network. When all of your PCs are
configured, proceed to Chapter 4: Configuring the Router.

Configuring Windows 2000 PCs

1. Click the Start button, click Settings and open the Control Panel. From
there, double-click the Network and Dial-up Connections icon. This will
display the Network screen.
2. Select the Local Area
Connection icon for the
applicable
Ethernet
adapter (usually it is the
first
Local
Area
Connection listed).
3. When the Local Area Connection Status screen appears, click the
Properties button. (See Figure 3-3.)
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e.g.,
D:\win98,
D:\win9x,
Figure 3-3
Wireless Access Point Router with 4-Port Switch
4. Select Internet Protocol
(TCP/IP) (as shown in
Figure 3-4) and click the
Properties button.
5. Select Obtain an IP
address automatically
and verify that Obtain
DNS server address
automatically is select-
ed (as shown in Figure
3-5). Then, click the OK
button and click the OK
button on the subse-
quent screens to com-
plete the PC's configura-
tion.
Repeat steps 1-5 for each PC on your network. When all of your PCs are
configured, proceed to Chapter 4: Configuring the Router.
Figure 3-4
Figure 3-5
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