Motorola 3397GP manual Configure Your PC for Dynamic Addressing, Microsoft Windows

Administrator’s Handbook

Configure Your PC for Dynamic Addressing

The following instructions assume that you want to use the automatic configuration and address shar- ing features of the Gateway to provide IP information to devices on your Local Area Network. To connect additional computers that will use the Gateway’s address sharing feature repeat these steps for each computer.

Microsoft Windows:

1. Navigate to the TCP/IP Properties Control Panel.

a. Some Win- dows versions follow a path like this:

Start menu ->Settings ->Control Panel ->Network (or Network and Dial-up Connections ->Local Area Connection ->Properties) ->TCP/IP [your_network_card] or Internet Pro- tocol [TCP/IP] ->Properties

b. Some Win- dows versions follow a path like this:

Then go to Step 2.

Start menu ->Control Panel ->Network and Internet Connec- tions ->Network Connections ->Local Area Connection ->Proper- ties ->Internet Protocol [TCP/IP] ->Properties

2.Select Obtain an IP address automatically.

3.Select Obtain DNS server address automatically, if available.

4.Remove any previously configured gateways, if available.

5.OK the settings. Restart if prompted.

Proceed to the next section “Motorola Netopia® Gateway Quickstart” on page 15.

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