Connecting Additional Pcs; Record Lan Configuration - Allied Telesis AR100 series User Manual

Getting Connected

Connecting additional PCs

The AR100 has four LAN ports which can be used to create a Local Area Net-
work (LAN). PC's connected to the hub can communicate directly with one
another to exchange email, transfer files, or use workgroup applications like
Microsoft Netmeeting and Outlook. You can connect additional PCs at any
time after you have configured the router for the first time.
To connect an additional PC:
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Connect the additional PC to the router as described in "Connect your
router" on page 2-2.
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Check the current LAN configuration and configure TCP/IP on the addi-
tional PC as described in this section.
If you want the new PC to use the AR100 Management Wizard to access the
router's configuration and other utilities you will also need to:
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Install the support software as described in "Installing support software" on
page 3-7.
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Run the AR100 Access Wizard as described in "Getting the PC and router
communicating" on page 3-8.
Note: Any device using TCP/IP to communicate can be connected to the
router's LAN ports. However, only PCs running Windows 95 and 98 can use the
AR100 CD and run the Configuration and Management Wizard. If you connect
another device, it's configuration should be comparable to that described in this
chapter for Windows 95 and 98.
Follow the steps below. The figures

Record LAN configuration

The AR100 supports a range of Local Area Network (LAN) configurations, but
all PCs connected to the router must have the same configuration. The LAN
configuration will depend on any previous TCP/IP configuration and any
changes made by the AR100 Access Wizard.
The most likely configuration for a small office or home office is for the PC to
use IP addresses allocated dynamically by the router's DHCP server. This is the
simplest configuration and requires minimal changes to the additional PCs.
Other possibilities are for the PC to use IP addresses dynamically allocated by a
DHCP server other than the AR100, or to use static IP addresses and no DHCP
server.
Print Table 3-1. Use this table as you follow the steps below. The dialogs for
Windows 2000 differ slightly from those shown here for Windows 95 and 98.
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