Planet Technology VRT-401 user manual Windows Clients, TCP/IP Settings Overview

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PC Configuration

This Chapter details the PC Configuration required on the local ("Inter- nal") LAN.

Overview

For each PC, the following may need to be configured:

∙TCP/IP network settings

∙Internet Access configuration

Windows Clients

This section describes how to configure Windows clients for Internet access via VRT- 401.

The first step is to check the PC's TCP/IP settings.

VRT-401 uses the TCP/IP network protocol for all functions, so it is essential that the TCP/IP protocol be installed and configured on each PC.

TCP/IP Settings - Overview

If using default VRT-401 settings, and the default Windows TCP/IP set- tings, no changes need to be made.

∙By default, VRT-401 will act as a DHCP Server, automatically providing a suitable IP Address (and related information) to each PC when the PC boots.

∙For all non-Server versions of Windows, the default TCP/IP setting is to act as a DHCP client.

If using a Fixed (specified) IP address, the following changes are re- quired:

∙The Gateway must be set to the IP address of VRT-401

∙The DNS should be set to the address provided by your ISP.

If your LAN has a Router, the LAN Administrator must re- configure the Router itself. Refer to Chapter 8 - Other Features and Operations for details.

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