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Chapter 3: Basic configuration
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If the configuration computer does not retrieve its IP address from the
LANCOM DHCP server, it determines the current IP address of the computer
(with
Start
Run
cmd
and command
ipconfig
at the prompt under Win-
dows 2000 or Windows XP or Windows Vista, with
Start
Run
cmd
and
command
winipcfg
at the prompt under Windows Me or Windows 9x, or
with command
ifconfig
in the console under Linux). In this case, the LANCOM
can be accessed with address
x.x.x.254
(the “x”s stand for the first three
blocks in the IP address of the configuration computer).
Network with DHCP server
If a DHCP server for the assignment of IP addresses is active in the LAN, an
unconfigured LANCOM device disables its own DHCP server, switches to DHCP
client mode and retrieves an IP address from the DHCP server in the LAN.
However, this IP address is initially unknown and accessing the device
depends on the name resolution:
If the LAN also has a DNS server for name resolution and this communi-
cates the IP address/name assignment to the DHCP server, the device can
