Setting An Alternate Ip Address On The Installer Laptop - Hughes HughesNet HN9000 Installation Manual

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e) Click OK twice to close the Internet Protocol Properties dialog and the Network Connections dialog.
The laptop computer IP address is now set up to communicate with the satellite modem.
If the customer's computer has a problem, you can use the installer laptop to connect to and check the satellite modem.
However, if you want to browse, you must enable DHCP on the laptop, since you cannot browse using the public IP
address 169.254.10.10.

Setting an alternate IP address on the installer laptop

If you don't want to make address changes on the laptop computer during modem installation, you can configure a second
(alternate) IP address. Then you can access the satellite modem and browse the Internet without changing the IP address
settings on the laptop. The instructions here assume you have already set up an address on the laptop as explained
in Setting the installer laptop IP address on page 13. Setting an alternate address is optional.
Configure the second (alternate) IP address as follows:
1. Use the Windows Control Panel to open the Local Area Connection Properties dialog and then the Internet Protocol
(TCP/IP) Properties dialog.
2. Click Advanced to open the Advanced TCP/IP Settings dialog.
3. In the IP addresses box, click Add to open the TCP/IP Address dialog.
a) Type the second IP address 192.168.0.2.
b) Type the subnet mask 255.255.255.0.
c) Click Add.
4. In the Default gateways box, click Add to open the TCP/IP Gateway Address dialog.
a) Type the second gateway IP address 192.168.0.1.
b) Click Add.
5. Click OK three times to close the Advanced TCP/IP settings dialog, Internet Protocol Properties (TCP/IP) dialog
and the Network Connections dialog.
6. Close the Network Connections and Control Panel windows.
For your reference, Figure 8: Settings for primary and alternate addresses on the laptop on page 15 shows the information
you should see in the Internet Protocol Properties dialog and Advanced TCP/IP Settings dialog after you have set up
the primary address and an alternate address on the installer laptop. In the Advanced TCP/IP Settings dialog, the laptop
addresses are listed under IP Addresses (primary first, then alternate), and the modem addresses are listed under Default
gateways.
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