1. Click the
Start
button. Click
Settings
and then
Control Panel
. From
there, double-click the
Network and Dial-up Connections
icon.
2. Select
the
Local Area Connection
icon for the applicable Ethernet adapter
(usually it is the first Local Area Connection listed). Do not choose a
TCP/IP entry whose name mentions DUN, PPPoE, VPN, or AOL. Double-
click the
Local Area Connection
.
3. The
Local Area Connection Status
screen will appear, as shown in Figure
4-3. Click the
Properties
button.
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3. Click
the
IP Address
tab and select
Obtain an IP address automatically
,
as shown in Figure 4-2.
4. Now click the
Gateway
tab to ensure that the
Installed Gateway
field is left
blank. Click the
OK
button.
5. Click
the
OK
button again. Windows may ask you for the original Windows
installation disk or additional files. Supply them by pointing to the correct
file location, e.g., D:\win98, D:\win9x, c:\windows\options\cabs, etc. (if
“D” is the letter of your CD-ROM drive).
6. Windows may ask you to restart your PC. Click the
Yes
button. If Windows
does not ask you to restart, restart your computer anyway.
Go to “Chapter 5: Configure the Router.”
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Configuring Windows 2000 PCs
Figure 4-3
Figure 4-2