SMC Networks Wireless Broadband Router User Manual

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Chapter 3 Network Settings and Software Installation

To use this product correctly, you have to properly configure the network settings of your

computers and install the attached setup program on your computer (Windows

95/98/ME/NT/2000).

3.1 Make Correct Network Settings of Your Computer

The default IP address of this product is 192.168.123.254, and the default subnet mask is

255.255.255.0. These addresses can be changed as needed, but the default values are used

in this manual. If the TCP/IP environment of your computer has not yet been installed,

you can refer to Appendix A to configure it. Once TCP/IP is installed, configure it as

follows:

1. Configure IP as 192.168.123.1, subnet mask as 255.255.255.0 and gateway as

192.168.123.254, or, more easily,

2. Configure your computers to “Obtain an IP address automatically,” that is, via

DHCP server of this product.

After configuring the TCP/IP communication protocol, you can use the ping command

to check if your computer has successfully connected to this product. The following

example shows the ping procedure for Windows 95 platforms. First, execute the ping

command from a DOS window:

ping 192.168.123.254

If the following messages appear:

Pinging 192.168.123.254 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.123.254: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64

a communication link between your computer and this product has been successfully

established. Otherwise, if you get the following messages,

Pinging 192.168.123.254 with 32 bytes of data:

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