Netopia R-Series User Manual
12 Getting Started User Guide
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You must have built-in Ethernet or a third-par ty Ethernet card and its associated drivers installed in your Macintosh.
D
YNAMIC
CONFIGURATION
(
RECOMMENDED
)
If you configure your Netopia Router using Smar tStar t, you can accept the dynamic IP address assigned by your router. The Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol (DHCP), which enables dynamic addressing, is enabled by default in the router. To configure your Macintosh computer for
dynamic addressing do the following:
Configuration Protocol (DHCP), which enables dynamic addressing, is enabled by default in the router. To configure your Macintosh computer for
dynamic addressing do the following:
Note: You can also use these instructions to configure other computers on your network to accept IP addresses ser ved by the Netopia Router.
S
TATIC
CONFIGURATION
(
OPTIONAL
)
3.
In the TCP/IP window or in the MacTCP/More window, select or type information into the fields as shown in the following table.
4.
Close the TCP/IP or MacTCP control panel and save the settings.
5.
If you are using MacTCP, you must restar t the computer. If you are using Open Transpor t, you do not need to restar t.
These are the only fields you need to modify in this screen.
Note: You can also use these instructions to configure other computers on your network with manual or static IP addresses. Be sure each computer
on your network has its own IP address.
on your network has its own IP address.
Option:
Select/Type:
Connect via:
Ethernet
Configure:
Manually
IP Address:
192.168.1.2
Subnet mask:
255.255.255.0, or for 12-user models, 255.255.255.240
Router address:
192.168.1.1
Name ser ver address:
Enter the primar y and secondar y name ser ver addresses given to you by your ISP
Implicit Search Path:
Star ting domain name:
Star ting domain name:
Enter your domain name; if you do not have a domain name, enter the domain name
of your ISP
of your ISP
1.
Go to the Apple menu. Select Control Panels and then TCP/IP.
2.
With the TCP/IP window open, go to the Edit menu and select User Mode.
Choose Basic and click OK.
Choose Basic and click OK.
3.
In the TCP/IP window, select “Connect via: Ethernet” and “Configure: Using
DHCP Ser ver.”
DHCP Ser ver.”
If you are manually configuring the computer on your Local Area Network for a
fixed or static IP address, per form the following:
fixed or static IP address, per form the following:
1.
Go to the Apple menu. Select Control Panels and then TCP/IP or
MacTCP.
MacTCP.
2.
With the TCP/IP window open, go to the Edit menu and select User
Mode. Choose Advanced and click OK.
Mode. Choose Advanced and click OK.
Or, in the MacTCP window, select Ethernet and click the More button.