Netopia R2121, User Reference Manual

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3-10 User’s Reference Guide
Dynamic configuration (recommended)
If you configure your Netopia R2121 using Smar tStar t, you can accept the dynamic IP address assigned by your
router. The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) ser ver, which enables dynamic addressing, is enabled
by default in the router. If your PC is not set for dynamic addressing, Smar tStar t will offer to do this for you
when you launch it. In that case, you will have to restar t your PC and relaunch Smar tStar t. If you configure your
PC for dynamic addressing in advance, Smar tStar t need only be launched once. To configure your PC for
dynamic addressing do the following:
Note: You can also use these instructions to configure other computers on your network to accept IP addresses
ser ved by the Netopia R2121.
1. Go to the Star t
Menu/Settings/Control
Panels and double click
the
Network icon. From
the Network components
list, select the
Configuration tab.
2. Select TCP/IP-->Your Network Card. Then select
Properties . In the TCP/IP Proper ties screen (shown
below), select the IP Address tab. Click “Obtain an IP
Address automatically.”
3. Click on the DNS Configuration tab. Click Disable DNS .
DNS will be assigned by the router with DHCP.
4. Click OK in this window, and the next window. When
prompted, reboot the computer.