Configuring Windows 2000 Pcs - Linksys Etherfast BEFSX41 User Manual

3. Click the IP Address tab and select Obtain an IP address automatically,
as shown in Figure 5-2.
4. Now click the Gateway tab to ensure that the Installed Gateway field is left
blank. Click the OK button.
5. Click the OK button again. Windows may ask you for the original
Windows installation disk or additional files. Supply them by pointing to
the correct file location,
c:\windows\options\cabs, etc. (if "D" is the letter of your CD-ROM drive).
6. Windows may ask you to restart your PC. Click the Yes button. If Windows
does not ask you to restart, restart your computer anyway.
Go to "Chapter 6: Configure the Router."
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Figure 5-2
e.g., D:\win98, D:\win9x,
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Configuring Windows 2000 PCs

1. Go to the Network screen by clicking the Start button. Click Settings and
then Control Panel. From there, double-click the Network and Dial-up
Connections icon.
2. Select the Local Area Connection icon for the applicable Ethernet adapter
(usually it is the first Local Area Connection listed). Double-click the Local
Area Connection. (See Figure 5-3.) Click the Properties button.
Cable/DSL Firewall Router with 4-Port Switch/VPN Endpoint
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Figure 5-3
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