Chapter 3 Network Settings And Software Installation; Setting Your Computer Network Settings Properly - SMC Networks Barricade Cable/DSL Router User Manual

Chapter 3 Network Settings and Software Installation

To use the Barricade correctly, you must properly configure the network settings of your
computers and install the attached setup program into your MS Windows platform
(Windows 95/98/NT/2000).

3.1 Setting your computer network settings properly

The default IP address of the Barricade is 192.168.123.254, and the default subnet mask is
255.255.255.0. These addresses can be changed to fit your needs, but the default values are
used in this manual. If the TCP/IP environment of your computer has not yet been
configured, you can refer to Appendix B to configure it. For example,
1. configure IP as 192.168.123.1, subnet mask as 255.255.255.0 and gateway as
192.168.123.254
2. configure your computer to load the TCP/IP setting automatically, i.e., via DHCP
server.
After installing the TCP/IP communication protocol, you can use the ping command to
check if your computer has successfully connected to the Barricade. The following example
shows the ping procedure for Windows 95 platforms. First, execute the ping command
ping 192.168.123.254
If the following messages appear:
Pinging 192.168.123.254 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.123.254: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
a communication link between your computer and the Barricade has been successfully
established.
If you get the following message:
Pinging 192.168.123.254 with 32 bytes of data:
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