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Category: IP Address

  • Configure IP Address – Windows 7 Tips

    Quick Way to Configure IP Address

    You can configure IP address, subnet mask, gateway and DNS servers manually on computer, but you can also configure computer to obtain IP address and other network information from DHCP server (most of the time is configured on router).





    Heres How:
     
    1) Go to Start and click on Control Panel.
    2) Proceed to click View network status and tasks in Control Panel window.

    3) Network and Sharing Center window will appear, then click change adapter settings.

    4) Network Connections window will appears. Here you can right click on the network adapter (can be wireless adapter or wired Ethernet adapter) that you wish to configure and click Properties.

    5) In the Network Connection Properties window, tick on Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and click Properties.
    Note: If your computer sits in IPv6 network, you can select Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) to configure IPv6 address, but it’s not covered here.

    Manual IP Assigning
    If you wanna do manual configuration, you can now key in the IP address, Subnet mask, Default gateway and DNS servers.
    Note: IP address of your computer must be unique. None of the 2 computers in the same network can share same IP address, because it will cause IP address conflict.
    Note: Default gateway is a router that can route the traffic to the other network or Internet. DNS server is an application server that can translate URL to IP address. Check with your ISP on what DNS servers you should use. If not, you can try this free Opendns or Google DNS servers.

    IP Assigned by DHCP server
    If you have DHCP server setup on your router or you have dedicated DHCP server, your computer can be assigned IP address and other network information automatically by selecting Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically.

    Note: If you have a notebook, and you use static IP at home and the IP assigned by DHCP server at the office, you can make use of alternate configuration to set IP and network information for these 2 different networks.
    Set Obtain an IP address and DNS automatically on General tab as according to what I specified above, so that the notebook will be assigned IP addresses automatically at the office. After that, click Alternate Configuration tab, select User configured option and key in your home network’s static IP and other network information. By setting this, when there is no IP information assigned due to no DHCP server at home, this alternate configuration will be applied automatically, so that you don’t have to spend time on configuring IP manually every time at home.


  • Check network driver status – Windows 7 Tips

    Checking Network or Wireless Adapter Driver Status in Windows 7

    INFORMATION: 


    This article will show you how to check the status of the network adaptor status





    Heres How:

    1) Go to Start and click on Control Panel.


    2) Control Panel window will appear, click Hardware and Sound.

    Note: If you view Control Panel by Large Icons or Small Icons, you can just double click the Device Manager.

    3) Click on Device Manager in Hardware and Sound window.

    4) The Device Manager will appear, then locate and expand Network adapters and right click the network or wireless adapter you want to check, finally click on Properties.

    5) The network or wireless adapter properties window will appear, your driver works well if it shows This device is working properly under General tab. You can also manually configure network adapter’s driver parameters under Advanced tab.

    Note: If your device does not work well, click on Driver tab to check driver details, update driver, rollback driver, disable driver or uninstall driver.

  • Windows 7: Assign a Static IP Address



                       When organizing your home network it’s easier to assign each computer it’s own IP address than using DHCP. We can assign static IP address in any operating systems like Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7.

    If you have a home network with several computes and devices, it’s a good idea to assign each of them a specific address. If you use DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol), each computer will request and be assigned an address every time it’s booted up. When you have to do troubleshooting on your network, it’s annoying going to each machine to figure out what IP they have.
    Using Static IPs prevents address conflicts between devices and allows you to manage them more easily. Assigning IPs to Windows 7 is essentially the same process, but getting to where you need to be varies between each version.
    To change the computer’s IP address in Windows 7, type network and sharing into the Search box in the Start Menu and select Network and Sharing Center when it comes up.

    Then when the Network and Sharing Center opens, click on Change adapter settings.

    Right-click on your local adapter and select Properties.

    In the Local Area Connection Properties window highlight Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) then click the Properties button.

    Now select the radio button Use the following IP address and enter in the correct IP, Subnet mask, and Default gateway that corresponds with your network setup. Then enter your Preferred and Alternate DNS server addresses. Here we’re on a home network and using a simple Class C network configuration and Google DNS.
    Check Validate settings upon exit so Windows 7 can find any problems with the addresses you entered. When you’re finished click OK.

    Now close out of the Local Area Connections Properties window.

    Windows 7 will run network diagnostics and verify the connection is good. Here we had no problems with it, but if you did, you could run the network troubleshooting wizard.

    Now you can open the command prompt and do an ipconfig  to see the network adapter settings have been successfully changed.