Setting Up Your Computer's Ip Address; Windows 2000/Nt/Xp - ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL ZyAIR B-4000 Quick Installation Manual

2 Setting Up Your Computer's IP Address

Skip this section if your computer is already set up to accept a dynamic IP
address. This is the default for most new computers.
The ZyAIR is already set up to assign your computer an IP address. Use this section to set up your
computer to receive an IP address or assign it a static IP address in the 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.254
range with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. This is necessary to ensure that your computer can
communicate with your ZyAIR.
Your computer must have an Ethernet card and TCP/IP installed. TCP/IP should already be installed
on computers using Windows NT/2000/XP, Macintosh OS 7 and later operating systems.

2.1 Windows 2000/NT/XP

1. In Windows XP, click start, Control Panel. In Windows 2000/NT, click Start, Settings, Control Panel.
2. In Windows XP, click Network Connections.
In Windows 2000/NT, click Network and Dial-up Connections.
3. Right-click Local Area Connection and then click Properties.
4. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) (under the General tab in Win XP) and click Properties.
5. The Internet Protocol TCP/IP Properties screen
opens (the General tab in Windows XP).
- To have your computer assigned a dynamic IP
address, click Obtain an IP address automatically.
If you know your DNS sever IP address(es), type them
in the Preferred DNS server and/or Alternate DNS
server fields.
-To configure a static IP address, click Use the
following IP Address and fill in the IP address
(choose one from192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.254),
Subnet mask (255.255.255.0), and Default gateway
(192.168.1.1) fields.
Then enter your DNS server IP address(es) in the
Preferred DNS server and/or Alternate DNS server
fields.
If you have more than two DNS servers, click
Advanced, the DNS tab and then configure them using
Add.
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