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Installation and Upgrades for G700 with S8300 or S8700
555-234-100 — Issue 3 — May 2003
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Change TCP/IP Properties and Network Settings (Windows 2000 and XP)
1. Right-click My Network Places on your desktop or under the Start menu in XP.
2. Select Properties to display the Network and Dial-up Connections window.
Windows should have automatically detected the Ethernet card in your system and created a
LAN connection for you. More than one connection may appear.
3. Right-click the correct Local Area Connection from the list in the window.
4. Select Properties to display the Local Area Connection Properties dialog box.
5. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
6. Click the Properties button. The Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties screen appears.
7. On the General tab, select the radio button Use the following IP address. Enter the following:
- IP address:
192.11.13.5
- Subnet mask: 255.255.255.252
Note: Record any IP addresses, DNS settings, or WINS entries that you change. You
may need to restore them later to connect to another network.
8. Disable DNS service as follows:
a . Click the radio button labeled
Use the following DNS server addresses. The entries for
Preferred DNS server and Alternate DNS server should both be blank.
b . Click the Advanced button at the bottom of the screen. The Advanced TCP/IP Settings
screen appears.
c . Click the
DNS tab. Verify that no DNS server is administered (the address field should be
blank).
9. Disable WINS Resolution as follows:
a . Click the
WINS tab. Make sure WINS is not administered (the address field should be blank).
b . Click
OK. If warned about an empty primary WINS address, click Yes to continue.
10. Click OK twice to accept the address information and close the TCP/IP and Local Area
Connection Properties dialog boxes.
11. Reboot the system if directed to do so.
After you have made these changes to your computer’s network configuration information,
the Network and Dial-up Connections window shows the status of the Local Area
Connection:
- Enabled appears when the laptop's Ethernet cable is connected to the server.
- Disabled or unplugged appears if the NIC is not connected to anything.
Change TCP/IP properties (Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0, and Millennium Edition [ME])
1.
Access your computer's network information. On your desktop:
- Windows 95, 98, and NT: Right-click
Network Neighborhood.
- Windows Me: Right-click My Network Places.