Linksys BEFSR11

EtherFast Cable/DSLRoutersInstant Broadband Series

Installing the TCP/IP Protocol

Follow these instructions to install the TCP/IPprotocol on one of your PCs

only after a network card has been successfully installed inside the PC. These

instructions are for Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows ME. For TCP/IP

setup under Windows NT, see your Windows NT manual.

1. Click the Start button. Choose Settings and then Control Panel.

2. Double-click on the Networkicon to bring up your Network window.

Select the Configuration tab.

3. Click the Add button.

4. Double-click on Protocol.

5. Highlight Microsoftunder the list of manufacturers.

Step Two: Pinging for a Web Address

While the IPaddress retur ned above would work as your e-mail server

address, it may not be permanent. IPaddresses change all the time. Web

addresses, however, usually don’t. Because of this, you’re likely to have less

problems by configuring your system with web addresses rather than IP

addresses. Follow the instructions below to find the web address assigned to

the IPaddress you just pinged.

1. At the DOScommand prompt, type “ping -a 24.53.32.4”, where

24.53.32.4 is the IPaddress you just pinged. Information such as the fol-

lowing data will be displayed.

C:\>ping -a 24.53.32.4

Pinging mail.msnv3.occa.home.com [24.53.32.4] with

32 bytes of data:

Reply from 24.53.32.4: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=127

Ping statistics for 24.53.32.4:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0%

loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

2. Write down the web address returned by the ping command. (In the

example above:mail.msnv3.occa.home.com.) This web address is the web

address assigned to the IPaddress you just pinged. While the IP address

of “mail”could change, it is likely that this web address will not.

3. Replace your ISP’s abbreviated server address with this extended web

address in the corresponding Internet application (web browser, e-mail

application, etc.).

Once you have replaced the brief server address with the true server address,

your Router should have no problem accessing the Internet through that

Internet application.