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Chapter 5: Configuring the PCs
Configuring Windows XP PCs

Wireless-G VPN Broadband Router

Configuring Windows XP PCs

The following instructions assume you are running Windows XP with the default interface. If you are using the
Classic interface (where the icons and menus look like previous Windows versions), please follow the
instructions for Windows 2000.

1. Click the Start button and then the Control Panel icon. Click the Network and Internet Connections icon.

Then click the Network 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. Click the Properties button. (See Figure 5-6.)

3. Make sure the box next to Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is checked. Highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and

click the Properties button. (See Figure 5-7.)

4. Select Obtain an IP address automatically. (See Figure 5-8.) Once the new window appears, click the OK

button. Click the OK button again to complete the PC configuration.

Go to “Chapter 6: Using the Router’s Web-Based Utility.”

Figure 5-6: Properties

Figure 5-7: TCP/IP

Figure 5-8: IP Address