TCP/IP Settings for the (LAN) NIC in the Sharing Computer
Enter the following information into your TCP/IP Control panel for the NIC in your Sharing computer:
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IP address: set to 192.168.0.1
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Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
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WINS Configuration: Disable WINS resolution
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Gateway: Make sure there are NO entries.
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DNS Configuration: Leave this alone
DNS settings apply to all NICs in a given computer, so you can't set them differently for the LAN NIC.
If your ISP has assigned you a static IP address, this will probably be enabled and other information will be filled in when the first NIC was set up.
If your ISP uses DHCP to assign you an IP address, then this will probably be disabled because the DHCP server takes care of giving your computer the DNS and Gateway server information it needs.
At any rate, don't change the DNS setting.
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Bindings: Check Client for Microsoft Networks and File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks if you don't have any other protocol (NetBeui, IPX/SPX) installed and bound to these items. Otherwise uncheck both these items so that you do not have either item bound to TCP/IP.
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Advanced: make sure the "Set this protocol to be the default protocol." is checked.
* NetBios: no changes.
TCP/IP Settings for the NIC in the Client Computer
You may need to change the following settings once you install Sharing, but they'll get you started so that you can test your network:
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IP address: set to 192.168.0.2 through 192.168.0.254.
Each computer needs to have a different IP address.
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Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
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WINS Configuration: Disable WINS resolution
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Gateway: set to 192.168.0.1
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DNS Configuration: set to Disabled
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Bindings: Check Client for Microsoft Networks and File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks if you don't have any other protocol (NetBeui, IPX/SPX) installed and bound to these items. Otherwise uncheck them.
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Advanced: make sure the "Set this protocol to be the default protocol." is checked.
* NetBios: no changes.
That should be it for TCP/IP installation
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