FOR WINDOWS 7
1b . Start the Control Panel by clicking Start, then Control Panel . In the Control Panel, locate and double click Network and Sharing Center to bring
up Network and Sharing dialog, shown below . Double click on Local Area connection and then select Properties to bring up the Local Area
Connection dialog box on the right, below .
2 . For Windows 7, select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) or for
Windows XP, select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) . Then click Properties
to bring up the TCP/IP dialogs .
3 . If you wrote down an IP address during step 3 of Changing Your IP
Address, Change the IP address and subnet mask to the previous
values that you recorded . Otherwise, select Obtain an IP address
automatically .
4 . Click OK . On some computers you may have to restart the computer
for your changes to take effect .
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