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2. Install the WHA-5500CPE

addresses dynamically” will work with the AP, with each other, and with devices on
the wired LAN network.

2.4 Set up a wireless client as a DHCP client

The following will give detailed steps of how to configure a PC or a wireless client to “obtain
IP addresses automatically”.

In the case of using a LAN attached PC, the PC must have an Ethernet interface installed
properly, be connected to the WHA-5500CPE either directly or through an external LAN
switch, and have TCP/IP installed and configured to obtain an IP address automatically
from a DHCP server in the network.

In the case of using a wireless client, the client must also have an 802.11a wireless
interface installed properly, be physically within the radio range of the WHA-5500CPE, and
have TCP/IP installed and configured to obtain an IP address automatically from a DHCP
server in the network.

Then perform the following steps for either of the cases above. To configure types of
workstations other than Windows 95/98/NT/2000, please consult the manufacturer’s
documentation.

Step 1. From the Win95/98/2000 Start Button, select Settings, then Control Panel. The

Win95/98/2000 Control Panel displays.

Step 2. Double-click on the Network icon.

Step 3. Check your list of Network Components in the Network window Configuration tab.

If TCP/IP has already been installed, go to Step 8. Otherwise, select Add to install
it now.

Step 4. In the new Network Component Type window, select Protocol. In the new Select

Network Protocol window, select Microsoft in the Manufacturers area.

Step 5. In the Network Protocols area of the same window, select TCP/IP, then click OK.

You may need your Win95/98 CD to complete the installation. After TCP/IP
installation is complete, go back to the Network window described in Step 4.

Step 6. Select TCP/IP in the list of Network Components.

Step 7. Click Properties, and check the settings in each of the TCP/IP Properties window:

Bindings Tab: both Client for Microsoft Networks and File and printer sharing
for Microsoft Networks
should be selected. Gateway Tab: All fields should be
blank. DNS Configuration Tab: Disable DNS should be selected. IP Address
Tab
: Obtain IP address automatically should be selected.

Step 8. With the WHA-5500CPE powered on, reboot the PC/wireless client. After the

PC/wireless client is re-booted, you should be ready to configure the
WHA-5500CPE. See Chapter 3.

The procedure required to set a static IP address is not too much different from the
procedure required to set to “obtain IP addresses dynamically” - except that at the end of
step 7, instead of selecting “obtain IP addresses dynamically, you should specify the IP
address explicitly.

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