Specifying an IP in Win2K

[Dznuts007]

I was searching and couldn't find an answer that I wanted. I was reading in the other forum that if you had assigned/specified an IP address that you can boot up faster with Win2K and I guess other OS's too. How do I go about specifying an IP address?

 

[ScottMac]

Start|settings|Network and Dial-up connections|New connection

Fill in the blanks with the correct information. Don't forget to also address: Default Gateway, DNS, and optionally WINS. Make sure you put in the correct subnet mask information, not all services are 255.255.255.0.

Good Luck

Scott

 

[Dznuts007]

Thanks for the info. Actually...to me it's more than just that. I'm currently running 2 ethernet cards, one to my cable modem and one to my other computer. I specify the IP address in my ethernet card to the cable modem right? Also, what do I use as the DNS entries or where do I find the DNS and WINS entries to put in? Sorry about all the question, but I'm new to this stuff. Thanks!

 

[minendo]

the card that is hooked up to the cable modem needs all the specified information

 

[Saltin]

The ethernet card to you cable modem should be set up to obtain all your TCP/IP info automatically, i.e. via DHCP. You shouldnt specify anything.

The NIC that connects to the other PC, you can specify a private addy. No need to use DNS in a two box workgroup, just make a host entry

 

[minendo]

DNS entries should be supplied by your ISP. sometimes they are referred to as 1st nameserver, 2nd nameserver, etc...