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Task 6: Verify the Initial Configuration
Task 6: Verify the Initial Configuration
This task section explains how to verify the initial configuration performed with Cisco CP Express.
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To verify the initial configuration by reconnecting to Cisco CP Express, complete the following tasks:
Ensure that the IP address of the PC is on the same subnet as the router LAN interface. The steps to
Step 1
follow depend on whether the PC must be configured to obtain an IP address automatically, or whether
it must be configured with a static IP address.
To configure the PC to obtain an IP address automatically, do the following:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
Note
To configure the PC with a new static IP address, do the following:
a.
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this section.
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configuration, you can skip this section.
Go to the Internet Protocol Properties General Tab by following the instructions in
the IP Address on the PC, page
Click Obtain an IP address automatically, as shown in
dialog.
Click Start > Run.
In the Run field, enter the command cmd.
In the displayed command window, enter the ipconfig /release command followed by the
ipconfig /renew command to obtain a new IP address from the router. When you enter these
commands you get output similar to the following:
C:\> ipconfig /release
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
C:\> ipconfig /renew
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.147
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
You must enter the ipconfig /release command and the ipconfig /renew command even if the
PC was originally configured to accept an IP address automatically.
Go to the Internet Protocol Properties General Tab by following the instructions in
the IP Address on the PC, page
9.
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9.
Task 3: Configure
11. Click OK to close the
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