Quick Reference Guide

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers
3-6 Preparing Your Network
Account Information
Unless these items are dynamically assigned by the ISP, your ISP should give you the following
basic information for your account:
• An IP address and subnet mask
• A gateway IP address, which is the address of the ISP’s router
• One or more domain name server (DNS) IP addresses
• Host name and domain suffix
If these items are supplied dynamically, your router acquires them automatically. If an ISP
technician configured your PC during the installation of the broadband modem, you may need to
copy this information from your PC’s Network TCP/IP Properties screen before reconfiguring
your PC for use with the router. This procedure is described in a following section.
Obtaining Configuration Information After the ISP Configures
Your PC
If the ISP configured your Windows 95 or Windows 98 PC during your modem installation, follow
the steps below to get the information you need to configure the
router
for Internet access:
1.
From the Windows toolbar, select Start.
2.
Select Run...
3.
In the Open field, type:
winipcfg
4.
Click OK.
5.
Write down the IP Address and Subnet Mask values shown in the Ethernet Adapter
Information box.
You may need to select your Ethernet network adapter in order to see these values.
6.
Click on the More Info button.
7.
Write down the addresses of the DNS servers shown in the Host Information box.
8.
Write down the full host name, including domain suffix, shown in the Host Information
box.
The host name should appear similar to this example: