How do I manually configure a network card in lieu of automatic addressing/DHCP?
You may want to set up a network card manually in order to solve a problem where your network card fails to receive an automatic address through DHCP, or if you want to use a particular IP address on a system. If your network card fails to receive an automatic address due to an error or because DHCP is not supported on your device, following this process for setting a manual address will allow you to communicate with your D-Link device. If you want to run a server on your LAN machine, you need to have a consistent address so that the router can always send the incoming connections to the same machine. Manually Configuring a Network Card for TCP/IP in Windows XP NOTE: This section assumes that the client computer is running Windows XP and is using the D-Link default settings for a router. The same objectives no matter which operating system is running on the client, but the actual steps may differ. •Click Start, click Control Panel, click Network and Internet Connections, and then click
