Configuring Windows 95, 98, And Millennium Pcs - Linksys BEPSR11 User Manual

Configuring Windows 95, 98, and Millennium PCs

1. Go to the Network screen by clicking the Start button. Click Settings and
then Control Panel. From there, double-click the Network icon.
2. On the Configuration tab, select the TCP/IP line for the applicable
Ethernet adapter, as shown in Figure 7-1. Do not choose a TCP/IP entry
whose name mentions DUN, PPPoE, VPN, or AOL. If the word TCP/IP
appears by itself, select that line. (If there is no TCP/IP line listed, refer to
"Appendix D: Installing the TCP/IP Protocol" or your Ethernet adapter's
user guide to install TCP/IP now.) Click the Properties button.
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Instant Broadband
Figure 7-1
Series
™ EtherFast
3. Click the IP Address tab and select Obtain an IP address automatically,
as shown in Figure 7-2.
4. Now click the Gateway tab to ensure that the Installed Gateway field is left
blank. Click the OK button.
5. Click the OK button again. Windows may ask you for the original
Windows installation disk or additional files. Supply them by pointing to
the
c:\windows\options\cabs, 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.
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Cable/DSL Routers
Figure 7-2
correct file location,
Go to "Chapter 8: Configure the Router."
e.g., D:\win98, D:\win9x,
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