Changes

The dialog box where you configure your desktop differs from operating system to operating system and version to version. As an example, in Microsoft Windows 95 or 98, client configuration occurs in the "Properties" dialog box associated with the TCP/IP protocol for your ethernet adapter. To get there, go to the "Control Panel" and select "Network". If a TCP/IP protocol is not yet associated with your ethernet adapter, you may need to add one before you can configure its properties with the following information.

The dialog box where you configure your desktop differs from operating system to operating system and version to version. As an example, in Microsoft Windows 95 or 98, client configuration occurs in the "Properties" dialog box associated with the TCP/IP protocol for your ethernet adapter. To get there, go to the "Control Panel" and select "Network". If a TCP/IP protocol is not yet associated with your ethernet adapter, you may need to add one before you can configure its properties with the following information.

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||enable TCP/IP protocol|All your computers must communicate on the network using the TCP/IP protocol.|In Windows you add a TCP/IP protocol. In Apple, open TCP/IP Control Panel.||

! Item !! Description !! What to enter

||disable non-TCP/IP protocols|Unless an application relies on a non- TCP/IP protocol, disable all other protocols.|Turn "off" other networking protocols (e.g. NetBeui, etc.)||

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||enable DHCP service|See section below|In Windows, enable "Obtain an IP address service automatically". In Apple, select "DHCP server".||

! enable TCP/IP protocol

| All your computers must communicate on the network using the TCP/IP protocol.  

| In Windows you add a TCP/IP protocol. In Apple, open TCP/IP Control Panel.

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! disable non-TCP/IP protocols

| Unless an application relies on a non- TCP/IP protocol, disable all other protocols.

| Turn "off" other networking protocols (e.g. NetBeui, etc.)

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! enable DHCP service

| See section below

| In Windows, enable "Obtain an IP address service automatically". In Apple, select "DHCP server".

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However, if your computers do not support DHCP, you must manually enter the following information into your TCP/IP properties:

However, if your computers do not support DHCP, you must manually enter the following information into your TCP/IP properties:

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||IP address|Manually enter this information (see paragraph below).|You must assign a different, unique IP address to computers not accepting DHCP (see note below).||

! Item !! Description !! What to enter

||subnet mask (or netmask)|Manually enter this number.|The default subnet mask (or netmask) is "255.255.255.0".||

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||gateway IP address|Enter the IP address for the server or, in the case of server-only mode, enter the IP address for your network's gateway (e.g. the firewall or network router).|If you are running in server and gateway mode, your server is your local network's gateway. Enter its IP address here: the default is "192.168.1.1". If you are running in server-only mode, enter the IP address for the device interfacing with your external network.||

! IP address

||IP addresses of your domain name servers|Manually enter this information.|Normally you would just add the IP address for your server - the default used in the server console is "192.168.1.1". If you have a firewall other than your server that restricts internal queries to Internet DNS servers, you may need to enter additional DNS servers here.||

| Manually enter this information (see paragraph below).

| You must assign a different, unique IP address to computers not accepting DHCP (see note below).

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! subnet mask (or netmask)

| Manually enter this number.

| he default subnet mask (or netmask) is "255.255.255.0".

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! gateway IP address

| Enter the IP address for the server or, in the case of server-only mode, enter the IP address for your network's gateway (e.g. the firewall or network router).

| If you are running in server and gateway mode, your server is your local network's gateway. Enter its IP address here: the default is "192.168.1.1". If you are running in server-only mode, enter the IP address for the device interfacing with your external network.

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! IP addresses of your domain name servers

| Manually enter this information.

| Normally you would just add the IP address for your server - the default used in the server console is "192.168.1.1". If you have a firewall other than your server that restricts internal queries to Internet DNS servers, you may need to enter additional DNS servers here.

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