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14 Set Up and Share the Connection
CONFIGURING TCP/IP ON MACINTOSH COMPUTERS
The following is a quick guide to configuring TCP/IP for MacOS computers. Configuring TCP/IP in a Macintosh computer requires the
following:
Ⅲ You must have either Open Transport or Classic Networking (MacTCP) installed.
Note: If you want to use the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server built into your Netopia R-series Router to assign IP
addresses to your Macintoshes, you must be running Open Transport, standard in MacOS 8, and optional in earlier system versions.
You can have your Netopia R-series Router dynamically assign IP addresses using MacTCP; however, to do so requires that the
optional AppleTalk kit be installed which can only be done after the router is configured.
Ⅲ You must have built-in Ethernet or a third-party Ethernet card and its associated drivers installed in your Macintosh.
DYNAMIC CONFIGURATION (RECOMMENDED)
If you configure your Netopia R-series Router using SmartStart, you can accept the dynamic IP address assigned by your router. The
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), which enables dynamic addressing, is enabled by default in the router. To configure your
Macintosh computer for dynamic addressing do the following:
Note: You can also use these instructions to configure other computers on your network to accept IP addresses served by the Netopia
R-series Router.
1. Go to the Apple menu. Select Control Panels and then TCP/IP.
2. With the TCP/IP window open, go to the Edit menu and select User Mode.
Choose Basic and click OK.
3. In the TCP/IP window, select “Connect via: Ethernet” and “Configure: Using
DHCP Server.”