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Appendix D:Installing the
TCP/ IPProtocol
Follow these instructions to install the TCP/IP protocol on one of your PCs only
after a network card has been successfully installed inside the PC. These
instructions are for Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows ME. For TCP/IP
setup under Windows NT, 2000, and XP, see your Windows manual.
1. Click the Start button. Choose Settings and then Control Panel.
2. Double-click on the Network icon to bring up your Network window.
Select the Configuration tab.
3. Click the Add button.
4. Double-click on Protocol.
5. Highlight Microsoft under the list of manufacturers.
Figure D-1
Step Two: Pinging for a Web Address
While the IP address returned above would work as your e-mail server address,
it may not be permanent. IP addresses change all the time. Web addresses, how-
ever, usually don’t. Because of this, you’re likely to have fewer problems by
configuring your system with web addresses rather than IP addresses. Follow
the instructions below to find the web address assigned to the IP address you
just pinged.
1. At the DOS command prompt, type ping -a 24.53.32.4, where 24.53.32.4
is the IP address you just pinged. Information such as the following data
will be displayed.
C:\>ping -a 24.53.32.4
Pinging mail.msnv3.occa.home.com [24.53.32.4] with
32 bytes of data:
Reply from 24.53.32.4: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=127
Reply from 24.53.32.4: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=127
Reply from 24.53.32.4: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=127
Reply from 24.53.32.4: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=127
Ping statistics for 24.53.32.4:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0%
loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
2. Write down the web address returned by the ping command (In the
example in Figure C-2: mail.msnv3.occa.home.com is the web address).
This web address is the web address assigned to the IP address you just
pinged. While the IP address of mail could conceivably change, it is likely
that this web address will not.
3. Replace your ISP’s abbreviated server address with this extended web
address in the corresponding Internet application (web browser, e-mail
application, etc.).
Once you have replaced the brief server address with the true server address,
your Router should have no problem accessing the Internet through that
Internet application.
Figure C-2