User`s guide

2.4 Set up a wireless client as a DHCP client

The following will give detailed steps of how to configure a PC or a wireless client to

“obtain IP addresses automatically”.

In the case of using a LAN attached PC, the PC must have an Ethernet interface

installed properly, be connected to the 802.11A/G ACCESS POINT either directly or

through an external LAN switch, and have TCP/IP installed and configured to obtain an

IP address automatically from a DHCP server in the network.

In the case of using a wireless client, the client must also have an 802.11a/b/g wireless

interface installed properly, be physically within the radio range of the 802.11A/G

ACCESS POINT, and have TCP/IP installed and configured to obtain an IP address

automatically from a DHCP server in the network.

Then perform the following steps for either of the cases above. To configure types of

workstations other than Windows 95/98/NT/2000, please consult the manufacturer’s

documentation.

Step 1. From the Win95/98/2000 Start Button, select Settings, then Control Panel.

The Win95/98/2000 Control Panel displays.

Step 2. Double-click on the Network icon.

Step 3. Check your list of Network Components in the Network window

Configuration tab. If TCP/IP has already been installed, go to Step 8.

Otherwise, select Add to install it now.

Step 4. In the new Network Component Type window, select Protocol. In the new

Select Network Protocol window, select Microsoft in the Manufacturers area.

Step 5. In the Network Protocols area of the same window, select TCP/IP, then click

OK. You may need your Win95/98 CD to complete the installation. After

TCP/IP installation is complete, go back to the Network window described in

Step 4.

Step 6. Select TCP/IP in the list of Network Components.

Step 7. Click Properties, and check the settings in each of the TCP/IP Properties

window: Bindings Tab: both Client for Microsoft Networks and File and

printer sharing for Microsoft Networks should be selected. Gateway Tab:

All fields should be blank. DNS Configuration Tab: Disable DNS should

be selected. IP Address Tab: Obtain IP address automatically should be

selected.

Step 8. With the 802.11A/G ACCESS POINT powered on, reboot the PC/wireless

client. After the PC/wireless client is re-booted, you should be ready to

configure the 802.11A/G ACCESS POINT. See Chapter 3.

The procedure required to set a static IP address is not too much different from the

procedure required to set to “obtain IP addresses dynamically” - except that at the end of

step 7, instead of selecting “obtain IP addresses dynamically, you should specify the IP

address explicitly.