CONFIGURING IP SETTINGS MANUALLY
As discussed earlier in this chapter, Windows tries to automatically detect andapply suitable network settings when you connect to a wired network or wirelessnetwork. But if the network doesn’t use DHCP, or if your computer needs a static IP address for other reasons, you can configure IP settings manually.
Normally, you’ll just need to configure the essential settings, which we cover in the first subsection. But there are also more advanced settings you may need sometimes; we cover those in the second subsection.
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CONFIGURING THE IP ADDRESS, GATEWAY, AND DNS SERVERS
Follow these steps to configure IP settings:
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1. Click the Network icon in the notification area to open the Network fly-out.
2. Click the Network Settings link to display the appropriate pane on the Network & Internet screen in the Settings app. For a wireless network, the Wi-Fi pane appears; for a wired network, the Ethernet pane appears.
3. Click Change Adapter Options to display the Network Connections window.
4. Right-click the entry for the adapter you want to configure, and then click Properties on the shortcut menu. For example, right-click Ethernet and click Properties to open the Ethernet Properties dialog box .
5. Click the appropriate Internet Protocol item. For most networks, you’d click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4).
6. Click Properties to display the Properties dialog box—for example, the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties dialog box.
7. Check the Use the Following IP Address option button. When you do this, Windows automatically selects the Use the Following DNS Server Addresses option button in the lower part of the dialog box.
8. Type the static IP address in the IP Address box.
9. Type the subnet mask in the Subnet Mask box.
10. Type the IP address of the network router or gateway in the Default Gateway box. If you administer your network, this is the address of your router; if you’re on someone else’s network, ask the network’s administrator for this information and for the DNS server addresses.
11. Type the IP address of the first DNS server your administrator or ISP has given you in the Preferred DNS Server box.
12. Type the IP address of the second DNS server in the Alternate DNS Server box.
13. Check the Validate Settings upon Exit check box if you want Windows to check the configuration when you close the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties dialog box. This is normally a good idea.
14. Click OK.
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If you selected the Validate Settings upon Exit check box, Windows checks for obvious problems with the connection. If the settings seem valid, Windows closes the dialog box without comment. But if there’s a problem, Windows displays a Microsoft TCP/IP dialog box such as that shown in Figure 3.7 to warn you of the problem. Normally, you’ll want to click No, which returns you to the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties dialog box so that you can fix the problem.
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