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Windows Me
1. From the desktop, click on the Start button in the lower left corner.
2. From the menu that appears, select Settings.
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3. Another menu appears. Select Control Panel.
4. When the “Control Panel” window appears, double-click Network.
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5. The “Network” window appears. In the “The following network components are installed” list box,
locate and double-click TCP/IP.
6. The “TCP/IP Properties” window appears. Click IP Address.
7. In the IP Address tab, make sure the circle next to “Specify an IP Address” is selected. When active, a
black dot appears in the circle. If the circle already contains a black dot, leave it alone.
8. Enter the following address in the “IP Address” text box: 192.168.0.2Enter the periods in the address
by pressing the space bar on the keyboard.
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9. Enter the following address in the “Subnet mask” text box: 255.255.255.0Enter the periods in the
address by pressing the space bar on the keyboard.
10. Click OK. The TCP/IP Properties window disappears.
11. If there is a check in the box next to “Detect connection to network media,” click on it to uncheck the
box.
12. In the Network window, click OK. The Network window disappears.
13. The “System Settings Change” window appears, asking whether the computer should be restarted.
Click Yes.
The computer restarts. It is now set up with a static IP address, allowing access to the Gateway’s Web
Configurator utility (as shown in chapters 3, 4, 5, and 6).
Windows 2000
1. From the desktop, click on the Start button in the lower left corner.
2. From the menu that appears, select Settings.
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3. Another menu appears. Select Control Panel.
4. When the “Control Panel” window appears, double-click Network and Dial -up Connections.
5. In the “Network and Dial-up Connections” window, double-click Local Area Connection. A number
may be displayed after the Local Area Connection. If more than one Local Area Connection is listed,
locate the one that corresponds to the network card installed in the computer by finding the name of the
network card in the Device Name column.
6. The “Local Area Connection Status” window appears. Select General , then click Properties.