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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 on your computer (Windows
95/98/ME/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 as needed, but the default values are used
in this manual. If the TCP/IP environment of your computer has not yet been installed,
you can refer to Appendix A to configure it. Once TCP/IP is installed, configure it as
follows:
1. Configure IP as 192.168.123.1, subnet mask as 255.255.255.0 and gateway as
192.168.123.254, or, more easily,
2. Configure your computers to “Obtain an IP address automatically,” that is, via
DHCP server of this product.
After configuring 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 from a DOS window:
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: