Instruction manual
Section 3, Network Turnup Procedure NetVanta 2000 Series System Manual
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Browsing Hosts Running Microsoft Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows 98/95
1. Follow the menu path S
TART
>S
ETTINGS
>C
ONTROL
P
ANEL
.
2. After the
C
ONTROL
P
ANEL
appears, double-click the N
ETWORK
icon to display the existing network
configuration.
3. Select
TCP/IP from the list of installed network components. If there are multiple sessions, select
the one for the Ethernet card in the host computer.
4. Click
P
ROPERTIES
, which shows the existing properties of the TCP/IP protocol running on the host
computer in a multi-paned window.
5. Select the
IP A
DDRESS
pane by clicking on it.
6. Check the
S
PECIFY
AN
IP A
DDRESS
radio button.
7. Enter the
IP A
DDRESS
as: 10.10.10.50 and S
UBNET
M
ASK
as: 255.255.255.0.
8. Click
OK to close the properties window.
9. Click
OK on the network configuration window, which will ask you to reboot the browser
computer.
10. Click
Y
ES
to reboot your computer.
Browsing Hosts Running POSIX-Compliant UNIX
1. Log in as root, or change to superuser.
2. Run the ifconfig command -a option to list the configured network interfaces in the system. This
will show the Ethernet interface name as well. For example:
#ifconfig -a
lo0: flags=863<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 8232 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask
ff000000
hme0: flags=863<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.103.55.186 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.103.255.255
If you have a PC with DHCP client capabilities enabled, connect the NetVanta 2000 series
unit directly to your computer using the supplied ethernet crossover cable and follow the
procedure in DLP-1, Connecting to the Netvanta 2000 Series to connect for the first time.
The NetVanta 2000 series products have a DHCP Server capabilities enabled by
default. Connecting the unit to a network with a functioning DHCP server can cause
IP address assignment conflicts.
For any operating system not discussed in this section, refer to the system’s user
documentation for instructions on assigning IP addresses.