Setting Up Your Computer If You Have A Static Ip Address - 3Com Dual 56K User Manual

Setting Up Your
Computer If You Have
a Static IP Address
If your computer has a static IP address and you want to keep this for use with a
network that uses or will use static IP addressing, you must make certain changes
to the LAN Modem's default parameters. These changes will allow your
statically-configured PC to "talk" to the LAN Modem for its initial configuration.
The procedure is described in this section.
For Windows 95, 98, 2000 and NT 4.0, you can choose to use the EZ-LAN Wizard,
located on the Companion Programs CD-ROM to automatically set up your
statically-configured PC to access the LAN Modem. For other operating systems,
or to perform this procedure manually, follow the steps outlined in this section.
The LAN Modem is designed by default to work with a dynamically-assigned
network. The instructions in this section are for advanced users only.
By default, the LAN Modem is set up to establish itself automatically as the
"gateway" for computers on the LAN to access the WAN. However, if a computer
is set up for static instead of dynamic IP addressing, it will have a fixed IP address
assigned as its Gateway or Router entry that is not recognizable by the LAN
Modem. In this case, when you connect your computer to the LAN Modem and
turn on both for the first time, the LAN Modem will not be able to "talk" to your
workstation, and you will not be able to access the LAN Modem's configuration
pages.
To communicate with the LAN Modem for its initial configuration, you need to
follow the procedure outlined below only for the workstation that you first
connect to LAN Modem.
The basic steps for setting up a statically configured workstation are outlined in
Figure 24.

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