How to manually configure your IP address

Sometimes it is neccessary to manually configure IP addresses of PCs in order to solve certain network issues when multiple PCs are running off the same

router or gateway PC. The following step by step guide wil get you through the process. This is for XP--but applies to Win OS in general.

1) Click Start

2) Click Control Panel

3) Double Click Network Connections

4) Under LAN or High-Speed Internet Doubleclick the enabled device (the Local Area Connection or the Wireless Network Connestion)

5) On the Status Box Window that opens Click the Properties button

6) Drag the Properties window beside the Status window

7) Click the SUpport tab on the Status window

8) Click the Details button--this window provides the information you will need to manually configure your IP

9) In the Properties window that you have open beside the Status windows scroll down through the devices until you get to Internet Protocol TCP/IP

10} Select Internet Protocol TCP/IP and click the properties button

11) In the Properties window that opens select "Use the following IP address"

12) If you have a number of machines begin by setting the IP address to 192.168.1.100 then go to 192.168.1.101 and so forth giving each machine a unique IP

on the network

13) The subnet mask has a default value of 255.255.255.0 in most cases

14) Copy the Default Gateway from the Network Connection Details window information (192.168.1.1 is common)

15) Copy the DNS Server info from the Details window--there will likely be two adresses to copy.

16) Close all the windows and test your internet connection

17) Repeat the process on all the machines on the network giving each a unique IP address.