Re: Networks are for corporations and offices, right?

["Robert Holmgren" holmgren@xxxxxxxx]

** Reply to message from "Patricia M. Godfrey"  on Sat, 17
Jun 2006 14:50:07 -0400


> Robert Holmgren wrote:
>> you need to know four things: your IPaddress, the
>> subnet mask (almost always 255.255.255.0), their
>> Gateway address, and their DNS address --
>> all assigned or provided by the ISP

> But that's what some of them won't tell you.

If they provide a DHCP connection, which is the cheap way for them, and hence
what most of them do, then they don't need to tell you -- there's nothing much
to tell. But if you dig around in their Help section, you always find the
details -- or, after connecting, you get the details with the IPCONFIG tool
(WINIPCFG in 9x).

> And they
> have connection Wizards that they expect you to go
> through, which often put those things in different
> screens/places.

All details end up listed here (if not DHCP):

Control Panel ==> Network & DialUp Connections ==> right click "Enabled"
connection ==> Properties ==> highlight "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" ==> click
Properties

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Robert Holmgren
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