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Conguring your computer with windows nt 4.0 – SMC Networks SMC7008ABR User Manual

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Conguring Your Computer

with Windows NT 4.0

Step 1. Congure TCP/IP Settings

After you have completed the hardware setup, you need to congure

your computer to connect to your Barricade. You need to determine

how your ISP issues your IP address. Many ISPs issue these

numbers automatically using a networking technology known as

Dynamic Host Control Protocol, or DHCP. Other ISPs will specify your

IP address and associated numbers, which you must enter manually.

This is also known as a static IP address. How your ISP assigns your

IP address determines how you will congure your computer:

1. From the Windows desktop click

“Start,” then “Settings,” and click

“Control Panel.”

2. Double-click the “Network” icon.

3. Select the “Protocols” tab.

4. Double-click “TCP/IP Protocol.”

5. Select the “IP Address” tab.

6. In the “Adapter” drop-down list,

be sure your Ethernet adapter is

selected. If “Obtain an IP address

automatically” is already selected,

your computer is already congured

for DHCP. Click “Cancel” to close

each window, and skip to Step 2

“Disable HTTP Proxy.”