Configuring TCP/IP 5-27

Static configuration (optional)

If you are manually configuring from a fixed or static IP address, then perform the following:

1.Go to the Apple menu. Select

Control Panels and then TCP/IP or MacTCP.

2.With the TCP/IP window open, go to the Edit menu and select User Mode. Choose Advanced and click OK. In the MacTCP window, select Ethernet and click the More button.

3.In the TCP/IP window or in the MacTCP/More window, select or type information into the fields as shown in the table at right.

4.Close the TCP/IP or MacTCP control panel and save the settings.

5.If you are using MacTCP, you must restart the computer. If you are using Open Transport, you do not need to restart.

These are the only fields you need to modify in this screen.

Option:

Select/Type:

Connect via:

Ethernet

Configure:

Manually

IP Address:

192.168.1.2

Subnet mask:

255.255.255.0

Router address:

192.168.1.1

Name server address:

Enter the primary and

 

secondary name server

 

addresses given to you by

 

your ISP

Implicit Search Path:

Enter your domain name; if

Starting domain name:

you do not have a domain

 

name, enter the domain

 

name of your ISP

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