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Network and Internet Connections - default ip address

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Instant Broadband™ Series Configuring Windows XP PCs The following instructions assume you are running Windows XP with the default interface. If you are using the Classic interface (where the icons and menus look like previous Windows versions), please follow the instructions for Windows 2000. 1. Click to the Network screen by clicking the Start button and then Control Panel. From there, click the Network and Internet Connections icon and then the Network Connections icon. 2. Select the Local Area Connection icon for the applicable Ethernet adapter (usually it is the first Local Area Connection listed). Double-click the Local Area Connection. EtherFast® Cable/DSL Routers 4. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), as shown in Figure 7-7, and click the Properties button. Figure 7-7 5. Select Obtain an IP address automatically, as shown in Figure 7-8. Once the new window appears, click the OK button. Click the OK button again (or the Close button if any settings were changed) to complete the PC configuration. Figure 7-6 3. The Local Area Connection Status screen will appear, as shown in Figure 76. Click the Properties button. 6. Restart your computer. Figure 7-8 Go to "Chapter 8: Configure the Router." 40 41

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EtherFast
®
Cable/DSL Routers
4. Select
Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
, as shown in Figure 7-7, and click the
Properties
button.
5. Select
Obtain an IP address automatically
, as shown in Figure 7-8. Once
the new window appears, click the
OK
button. Click the
OK
button again
(or the
Close
button if any settings were changed) to complete the PC con-
figuration.
6. Restart your computer.
Go to “Chapter 8: Configure the Router.”
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Instant Broadband
Series
The following instructions assume you are running Windows XP with the
default interface. If you are using the Classic interface (where the icons and
menus look like previous Windows versions), please follow the instructions for
Windows 2000.
1.
Click to the Network screen by clicking the
Start
button and then
Control
Panel
. From there, click the
Network and Internet Connections
icon and
then the
Network Connections
icon.
2. Select the
Local Area Connection
icon for the applicable Ethernet adapter
(usually it is the first Local Area Connection listed). Double-click the
Local Area Connection
.
3.
The Local Area Connection Status screen will appear, as shown in Figure 7-
6. Click the
Properties
button.
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Figure 7-7
Figure 7-8
Configuring Windows XP PCs
Figure 7-6