Chapter 3 Network Settings And Software Installation; Make Correct Network Settings Of Your Computer - Sitecom DC-202 Full Manual

Chapter 3 Network Settings and Software
Installation
To use this product correctly, you have to 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 Make Correct Network Settings of Your Computer

The default IP address of this product is 192.168.123.254, and the default subnet mask is
255.255.255.0. These addresses can be changed on your need, 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 A 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, or more easier,
2. configure your computers to load TCP/IP setting automatically, that is, via DHCP
server of this product.
After installing the TCP/IP communication protocol, you can use the ping command to check
if your computer has successfully connected to this product. 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 this product has been successfully
established. Otherwise, if you get the following messages,
Pinging 192.168.123.254 with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
There must be something wrong in your installation procedure. You have to check the
following items in sequence:
1. Is the Ethernet cable correctly connected between this product and your computer?
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