Setting or Changing Your IP Address:
Windows 2000

  1. From your desktop, click with the right mouse button on My Network Places and select the Properties menu item.

    My Network Places Icon

    If you cannot find Network Neighborhood, you can go to the Start Menu, then look under Settings for Network and Dial-up Connections.

  2. Locate and double-click on your LAN connection.

  3. You should see the Status dialog for this connection. You will not need to change anything here. Click on the Properties button.

    LAN Status

  4. Under the list of components, select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click on the Properties... button.

  5. Now that you've reached the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties dialog, do the following in the panel marked Use the following IP address:
    • For the IP address, enter an available address from your IP block or private network (or, for ADSL, use the IP address provided).
    • If you have a routable IP block, enter the Subnet Mask provided; otherwise, use 255.255.255.0.
    • Set the Default gateway to the IP address of your router (or, for ADSL, simply replace the fourth number in your IP address with 1).
    • Enter 204.212.42.4 and 204.212.42.2 as the Preferred and Alternate DNS Servers.

    TCP/IP Properties with Old SpeedGate IP Address

  6. Click on OK to get out of the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties dialog, again to get out of the connection's Properties dialog, and again to get out of its Status dialog.
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