Configuring TCP/IP 5-27
Static configuration (optional)
If you are manually configuring from a fixed or static IP address, then perform the following:
1. Go to the Apple menu. Select
Control Panels and then TCP/IP
or MacTCP.
2. With the TCP/IP window open, go
to the Edit menu and select User
Mode. Choose Advanced and
click OK. In the MacTCP window,
select Ethernet and click the
More button.
3. In the TCP/IP window or in the
MacTCP/More window, select or
type information into the fields as
shown in the table at right.
4. Close the TCP/IP or MacTCP
control panel and save the
settings.
5. If you are using MacTCP, you
must restart the computer. If you
are using Open Transport, you do
not need to restart.
These are the only fields you
need to modify in this screen.
Option: Select/Type:
Connect via: Ethernet
Configure: Manually
IP Address: 192.168.1.2
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Router address: 192.168.1.1
Name server address: Enter the primary and
secondary name server
addresses given to you by
your ISP
Implicit Search Path:
Starting domain name:
Enter your domain name; if
you do not have a domain
name, enter the domain
name of your ISP