How To Configure Windows XP to Accept IP Addresses via DHCP

You can configure your IT-100 to be a DHCP server and to automatically issue IP addresses to the computers on your Local Area Network and Wireless network. This means that the IT-100 can provide the workstation computers on your network  with their network configuration information automatically without you having to add this information to those workstations by hand. However, your workstation computers must be set up to be able to accept this addressing information automatically. The information that your workstation computers can receive through DHCP Dynamic addressing includes the computer's IP Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, Primary and Secondary DNS servers and Primary and Secondary WINS servers. To configure your Windows XP computer to receive IP addressing via DHCP:

1. At your Windows XP computer, click the Start button

2. Click Connect to

3. Click Show all connections

• The Network Connections box appears

4. Right-click the network interface you want to set up to receive Dynamic Addressing (either Local Area Connection or Wireless Connection)

5. Click Properties

• The Connection Properties box appears

6. Click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) to highlight it

7. Click Properties

• The Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties box appears

8. Click the Obtain an IP address automatically radio button

9. Click the Obtain DNS server address automatically radio button

10. Click OK to close the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties box

11. Click OK to close the Connection Properties box

12. Click the white X in the red box in the upper right hand corner of the Network Connections box to close it

• Your Windows XP computer is now configured to accept IP addressing information automatically via DHCP from your IT-100

• See How to Configure DHCP Dynamic Pools for more information