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Installing Site Manager on a PC
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Preparing the Network Control Panel
In addition to obtaining the supported TCP/IP protocol, network adapters, and
drivers, you need to configure the Network option of the Control Panel with the
required information for your network.
Choose Control Panels > Network > TCP/IP > Properties to display the TCP/IP
properties menu, which contains tab windows for the following information:
• IP address
• WINS configuration
•Gateway
• Bindings
• Advanced
• DNS configuration
Refer to your Windows 95 Help or documentation for information about setting
the parameters in these windows.
Testing TCP/IP
Before installing Site Manager, send a ping request to the router to make sure your
computer’s TCP/IP function is running.
1.
From the Start Menu, choose Programs > MS-DOS Prompt.
2.
Enter the following command to ping your router:
ping
<ip_address>
<ip_address> is the IP address of your router.
Messages appear at the prompt indicating whether replies were received.
Replies verify that your Microsoft TCP/IP protocol stack is functional.