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Configuring IP Settings on Your Computer
In order to configure your system to receive IP settings from the Router it must first have the TCP/IP protocol installed. If you have an Ethernet port on your computer, it probably already has TCP/IP protocol installed. If you are using Windows XP the TCP/IP is enabled by default for standard installations. Below is an illustrated example of how to configure a Windows XP system to automatically obtain IP settings from the Router. Following this example is a step-
For computers running
| If you are using this Router to provide Internet access for more than one computer, you can use | |
| these instructions later to change the IP settings for the other computers. However, you cannot | |
Note | use the same IP address since every computer must have its own IP address that is unique on | |
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Configure Windows XP for DHCP
Use the following steps to configure a computer running Windows XP to be a DHCP client.
1.From the Start menu on your desktop, go to Control Panel.
From the Start menu, go to
Control Panel.
2.In the Control Panel window, click Network and Internet Connections. 98