Installation and Operating Manual

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• If you are running Windows 2000, go to “Windows
2000: Setting up the network connection‚” on page 5.
• If you don’t see your operating system listed here,
check the system’s help file. Most explain how to set
up a system to dynamically receive an IP address.
1A
WINDOWS 95, WINDOWS 98, WINDOWS NT:
S
ETTING UP THE NETWORK CONNECTION
1 From the Start menu, select Settings. Then select
Control Panel.
2 In the window that appears, double click the Network
icon.
3 Select the TCP/IP entry for the NIC.
4 Click Properties.
5 Select the IP Address tab.
6 Activate the Obtain an IP Address automatically
radio button.
7 To close the windows, click OK.
8 Reboot the computer.
1B
WINDOWS 2000: SETTING UP THE NETWORK
CONNECTION
1 From the Start menu, select Settings. Then select
Network and Dial-up Connections.
2 Right click the connection you want to alter; that is, the
name of your NIC. From the pop-up menu, select
Properties.
3 The Local Area Connection Properties window
appears. Select the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) item.
Click Properties.
4 In the window that appears, activate the Obtain an IP
address automatically radio button. To close the