Configuring Your Computers - Paradyne 6218-A1 SERIES Manual

1. Configuring Your Computers

1.1 Using Wired or Wireless Network Interface Card
Before you start to access this unit via Ethernet or Wireless, please have to configure your PC's
TCP/IP address to be 192.168.1.x, where x could be any number between 2 to 254, subnet mask is
255.255.255.0, and Default gateway is 192.168.1.1 which is default IP address of ADSL modem.
Note:
By default the router of modem's DHCP server is disable, this means that you can't obtain an IP
address automatically once you' ve configured your PC to obtain an IP address automatically.
You can enable its function after finishing configuration on this unit. But you must make sure
without two DHCP servers existing in a same LAN before your PC got IP automatically.
Windows® XP PCs:
1. In the Windows task bar, click the Start button, and then click Control Panel .
2. Double-click the Network Connections icon.
3. In the LAN or High-Speed Internet window, right-click on icon corresponding to your network interface card
(NIC) and select Properties. (Often this icon is labeled Local Area Connection). The Local Area Connection
dialog box displays with a list of currently installed network items.
4. Ensure that the check box to the left of the item labeled Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is checked, and click
.
5. In the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties dialog box, click the radio button labeled Use the following IP
address and type 192.168.1.x (192.168.1.20 is shown below as an example), 255.255.255.0 and 192.168.1.1 in
the IP address field, Subnet Mask field and Default gateway, respectively.
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