NETGEAR ProSafe FWAG114, Reference Manual

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Reference Manual for the ProSafe Dual Band Wireless VPN Firewall FWAG114
C-4 Preparing Your Network
If you need Client for Microsoft Networks:
a.
Click the Add button.
b.
Select Client, and then click Add.
c.
Select Microsoft.
d.
Select Client for Microsoft Networks, and then click OK.
3.
Restart your PC for the changes to take effect.
Enabling DHCP to Automatically Configure TCP/IP Settings
After the TCP/IP protocol components are installed, each PC must be assigned specific
information about itself and resources that are available on its network. The simplest way to
configure this information is to allow the PC to obtain the information from a DHCP server in the
network.
You will find there are many similarities in the procedures for different Windows systems
when using DHCP to configure TCP/IP.
The following steps will walk you through the configuration process for each of these
versions of Windows.
Locate your Network Neighborhood icon.
• If the Network Neighborhood icon is on the Windows desktop, position your mouse
pointer over it and right-click your mouse button.
• If the icon is not on the desktop,
• Click Start on the task bar located at the bottom left of the window.
• Choose Settings , and then Control Panel .
• Locate the Network Neighborhood icon and click on it. This will open the Network
panel as shown below.