Setting or Changing Your IP Address:
Windows NT 4.0

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

    Network Neighborhood Icon

    If you cannot find Network Neighborhood, you can go to the Start Menu, then look under Settings for the Control Panel. Find the Network icon in the Control Panel and open it.

    Control Panel containing Network

  2. You should see the Identity page of the Network control panel. You will not need to change anything here. Click on the Protocols tab.

    Network Identity Panel

  3. Under Network Protocols, select TCP/IP Protocol and click on the Properties... button.

    Network Protocols Panel

  4. On the IP Address tab, do the following:
    • In the Specify an IP Address panel, replace the IP Address with an available address from your IP block or private subnet.
    • If you have a routable IP block, enter the Subnet Mask provided; otherwise, use 255.255.255.0.
    • Change the Default Gateway to the new IP address of your router (or, for ADSL, simply replace the fourth number in your IP address with 1).

    TCP/IP Properties with old SpeedGate IP addresses.

  5. Click on the DNS tab.
    • Enter your computer's name for Host Name.
    • You can leave Domain blank, or you can enter your fully-qualified domain name (such as yourcompany.com or intranet.yourcompany.com).
    • Under DNS Service Search Order, click on Add and enter 204.212.42.4.
    • Repeat with 204.212.42.2.

  6. Click on OK to get out of the TCP/IP Properties dialog, then OK again to get out of the Network control panel.
  7. You may need to restart your computer for the settings to take effect.
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