Configuring TCP/IP
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 |