Siemens SS2524 manual PC Configuration, Windows Clients, TCP/IP Settings Overview

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PC Configuration

This Chapter details the PC Configuration required for each PC on the local LAN.

Overview

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

∙TCP/IP network settings

∙Wireless settings

∙Internet Access configuration

∙Printer configuration

Windows Clients

This section describes how to configure Windows clients for:

∙Internet access via the SpeedStream Powerline Wireless Router

∙Sharing the Printer connected to the SpeedStream Powerline Wireless Router.

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

The SpeedStream Powerline Wireless Router uses the TCP/IP network protocol for all func- tions, so it is essential that the TCP/IP protocol be installed and configured on each PC.

TCP/IP Settings - Overview

If using the default SpeedStream Powerline Wireless Router settings, and the default Windows TCP/IP settings, no changes need to be made.

∙By default, the SpeedStream Powerline Wireless Router 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 the SpeedStream Powerline Wireless Router

∙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 7 - Rout- ing for details.

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