Configuring Windows 2000 Pcs - Linksys BEFSR81 User Manual

3. Click the IP
Address tab. Select
Obtain an IP
address automati-
cally, as shown in
Figure 4-2
4. Now click the Gateway tab, and verify that the Installed Gateway field is
blank. Click the OK button.
5. Click the OK button again. Windows may ask you for the original Windows
installation disk or additional files. Check for the files at
c:\windows\options\cabs, or insert your Windows CD-ROM into your CD-
ROM drive and check the correct file location, e.g., D:\win98, D:\win9x,
etc. (if "D" is the letter of your CD-ROM drive).
6. Windows may ask you to restart your PC. Click the Yes button. If Windows
does not ask you to restart, restart your computer anyway.
Go to "Chapter 5: Configure the Router."
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Instant Broadband Series
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Figure 4-2
EtherFast Cable/DSL Router with QoS and 8-Port Switch
®

Configuring Windows 2000 PCs

1. Click the Start button. Click Settings and open the Control Panel. From
there, double-click the Network and Dial-up Connections icon.
2. Select the Local Area Connection icon for the applicable Ethernet adapter
(usually it is the first Local Area Connection listed). Double-click Local
Area Connection. On the screen that appears, shown in Figure 4-3, click
the Properties button.
Figure 4-3
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