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Appendix F: Installing the TCP/IP Protocol

Follow these instructions to install the TCP/IP protocol 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, 2000, and XP, see your Windows documentation or the Help feature.

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

2.Double-click on the Network icon to bring up your Network window. Select the Configuration tab.

Figure F-1

3.Click the Add button.

4.Double-click on Protocol.

5.Highlight Microsoft under the list of manufacturers.

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6. Find and double-click TCP/IP in the list to the right (see Figure F-2).

Figure F-2

7.After a few seconds, the main Network window will appear. The TCP/IP Protocol should now be listed.

Figure F-3

8.Click the OK button. Windows may ask for original Windows installation files. Supply them as needed, e.g., c:\windows\options\cabs, D:\win98, D:\win95, D:\win9x.

9.Windows will ask you to restart the PC. Click the Yes button.

The TCP/IP installation is now complete.

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Linksys BEFSX41 manual Appendix F Installing the TCP/IP Protocol, TCP/IP installation is now complete