Owner's Manual

12 Deployment Guide
Configuring the IP Addresses for Your Public Network Adapters
Use the following procedure to configure the IP addresses for the public network adapters.
The network adapter status displays in the system tray after you perform the procedures in this section.
1 Update the adapter’s network interface name, if required. Otherwise, go to step 2.
a Click Start and navigate to Settings → Control Panel → Network Connections .
b In the Network Connections window, right-click the public network adapter you want to rename,
and select
Rename .
c Rename the public adapter name to Public and press <Enter>.
2 Configure the IP addresses by doing the following:
a Navigate to Start → Settings → Control Panel → Network Connections and then right-click the
public adapter that you configured in step 3 or step 4 of the "Configuring NIC Teaming for Your
Public Network Adapters" on page 10 and select
Properties .
A
Properties window displays.
b Double-click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) in the list displayed under This connection uses the
following items
.
c Click Use the following IP address .
d Enter the following information and then click OK .
• IP address
• Subnet mask
• Default gateway address
• DNS server IP address
e In the Public Properties window, select Show icon in notification area when connected .
f Click OK .
g Close the Network Connections window.
3 Add the public IP address and the host name to the following file:
%SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts.
NOTE: Add the public IP address to the hosts file only if it is not registered with DNS.
4 Ensure that the node can communicate with the public network.
5 Open a command prompt window.
6 Verify that the network adapter responds to the following ping commands.
a At the command prompt, type:
ping <public_host_name>
where <public_host_name> is the host name