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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, e.g., D:\win98, D:\win9x,
c:\windows\options\cabs, etc. (This assumes that “D” is the letter of your
CD-ROM drive).

6. If Windows asks you to restart your PC, click the Yes button. If Windows

does not ask you to restart, restart your computer anyway.

Repeat steps 1-6 for each PC on your network. When all of your PCs are

configured, proceed to Chapter 4: Configuring the Router.

1. Click the Start button, click Settings and open the Control Panel. From

there, double-click the Network and Dial-up Connections icon. This will
display the Network screen.

2. Select the Local Area

Connection icon for the
applicable Ethernet
adapter (usually it is the
first Local Area
Connection listed).

3. When the Local Area Connection Status screen appears, click the

Properties button. (See Figure 3-3.)

Configuring Windows 2000 PCs

Figure 3-3

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2. Select the Configuration tab

and highlight the TCP/IP
line

for the applicable

Ethernet adapter (as shown
in Figure 3-1). If the word
TCP/IP appears by itself,
select that line. (Note: If
there is no TCP/IP line listed,
refer to your Ethernet
adapter’s documentation to
install TCP/IP now.) Then,
click the Properties button.

3. Click the IP Address tab and

select Obtain an IP address
automatically
(as shown in
figure 3-2).

4. Click the Gateway tab and verify that the Installed Gateway field is blank.

Click the OK button.

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Figure 3-1

Figure 3-2