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TCP/IP Configuration Notebook Online Help
Use this page to configure up to eight LAN adapter interfaces.
Before making your selections, you will need to know if you have access to
a DHCP server, and if you are in a dynamically-updatable zone. One LAN adapter
may be configured for DHCP.
The selections and fields on this page are:
- Interface to Configure list box
- Select an interface from the list. Generally you will choose LAN interface
0 for your first LAN adapter.
To enable TCP/IP on the selected LAN adapter, put a check mark in the
Enable Interface check box for the LAN. Typically you want to enable your LAN0
adapter.
- Configuration Options
- The selections and fields available are:
- Enable Interface
- Check this box to activate, or uncheck this box to deactivate, TCP/IP on
this LAN adapter. The change will occur the next time the computer is
restarted or when SETUP.CMD is run.
- Automatically, Using DHCP
- Select this radio button to configure your computer automatically for
TCP/IP, using DHCP.
Note: If on the Printing tab a remote print server or
remote print server's printer is specified, these entries will override
any values DHCP assigns. Consider removing these entries if you intend for
DHCP to assign a server and printer automatically. Be advised, though, that if
you remove the server and printer entries from the Printing tab, there will be
no default print server and printer for any non-DHCP LAN interfaces
defined on the Network tab.
On the Routing tab, however, if a router for the DHCP LAN interface is
specified, DHCP will override that value with its own routing
information. Routes associated with any non-DHCP LAN interfaces will not be
affected.
- Mobile
- Check this box to have DHCP refresh the IP address and TCP/IP
configuration information each time this computer is started. Uncheck this box
to use IP address and TCP/IP information retained by DHCP from a previous
startup.
The default is to refresh the information at each startup.
- Also Using DDNS
- Check this box if you are in a dynamically updatable zone. If the box is
checked, a DDNS server will automatically update tables with your current host
name.
- Manually, Using
- Select this radio button to manually configure a LAN interface. If
selected, the IP Address and Subnet Mask fields must be completed.
- IP Address
- Specify the Internet Protocol address, in 32-bit dotted-decimal notation.
A dotted-decimal address consists of four 8-bit numeric fields, ranging from
0-255, separated by periods. For example, 9.67.43.126 is an IP Address.
- Subnet Mask
- Specify the subnet mask in 32-bit dotted-decimal notation. Dotted-decimal
notation consists of four 8-bit numeric fields, ranging from 0-255, separated
by periods. For example, 255.255.255.0 is a subnet mask.
The Subnet Mask field indicates how much of the local address portion of
the IP address to reserve for a subnetwork address.
TCP/IP can divide a single network into multiple logical networks. For
example, an organization can have a single IP address that is known to users
outside the organization, but it can configure its local address portion of
the IP address into a subnetwork number and a host number to represent
different departments within the organization.
The push buttons on this page are:
- Undo
- Remove any changes made since you last accessed this page.
- OK
- Close the TCP/IP Configuration Notebook and save all changes made since
opening it.
- Cancel
- Close the TCP/IP Configuration Notebook and discard any changes made since
opening it.
- Help
- Get help information for this notebook page.
The subtabs on this page are:
- Basic
- Go to the Configure Network Interface Parameters--Basic Options page.
- Advanced 1
- Go to the Configure Advanced Options 1 page.
- Advanced 2
- Go to the Configure Advanced Options 2 page.
How Do I?
For a step-by-step description of key tasks you can do from this page, go
to:
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