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202-10099-01, April 2005
viii Contents
IP Configuration by D H CP ........................................................................................... B-10
Internet Security and Firewalls .................................................................................... B-10
W hat is a Firewall? ................................................................................................ B-10
Stateful P acket Inspection ...............................................................................B-11
D enial of Service Attack ..................................................................................B-11
E thernet Cabling ...........................................................................................................B-11
Category 5 Cable Quality ...................................................................................... B-12
Inside Twisted P air Cables .................................................................................... B-12
U plink Switches, Crossover Cables, and M D I/M D IX Switching ............................ B-14
Appendix C
Preparing Your Network
W hat You N eed To U se a R outer with a Broadband M odem ......................................... C-1
Cabling and Computer H ardware ............................................................................ C-1
Computer N etwork Configuration R equirements .................................................... C-1
Internet Configuration R equirements ...................................................................... C-2
W here D o I G et the Internet C onfiguration P arameters? ........................................ C-2
R ecord Your Internet Connection Information ......................................................... C-3
P reparing Your Computers for TCP /IP N etworking ....................................................... C-3
Configuring W indows 95, 98, and M e for TCP /IP N etworking ....................................... C-4
Install or Verify W indows N etworking Components ................................................. C-4
E n a b l in g D H C P to A u to m a ti ca l ly C on fi gu re T C P /I P S e tti n g s i n W in d ows 9 5 B , 9 8 , a n d M e
C-6
Selecting W indows’ Internet Access M ethod .......................................................... C-8
Verifying TCP /IP P roperties .................................................................................... C-8
C onfiguring W indows N T4, 2000 or XP for IP N etworking ............................................ C-9
Install or Verify W indows N etworking Components ................................................. C-9
D H C P C onfiguration of TC P /IP in W ind ows XP, 2000, or N T4 ............................. C-10
D H CP Configuration of TCP /IP in W indows XP ................................................... C-10
D H C P C onfiguration of TC P /IP in W indows 2000 ................................................ C-12
D H CP Configuration of TCP /IP in W indows N T4 .................................................. C-15
Verifying TC P /IP P roperties for W indows XP, 2000, and N T4 .............................. C-17
Configuring the M acintosh for TCP /IP N etworking ...................................................... C-18
M acOS 8.6 or 9.x .................................................................................................. C-18
M acOS X ............................................................................................................... C-18
Verifying TCP /IP P roperties for M acintosh Computers ......................................... C-19
Verifying the R eadiness of Your Internet Account ....................................................... C-20