NETWORK

CONFIGURATION

TCP/IP CONFIGURATION

Dr. Zeeshan Bhatti

Lecture 1

TCP/IP configuration

FROM THE START MENU, RIGHT-CLICK

NETWORK, THENSELECT PROPERTIES.

OR
right-click on the Network
Icon inn the system tray
and select Open network
and Sharing Center
option

Result: The Network and Sharing Center

displays.

Changing LAN card

settings

ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE WINDOW, CLICK

THECHANGE ADAPTER SETTINGS LINK.

Result: The Network Connections window

displays.

Changing LAN card

settings

RIGHT CLICK ON THE CORRECT LOCAL AREA

CONNECTION, THEN SELECT PROPERTIES.

Result: The Local Area Connection Properties

window displays.

Changing LAN card settings

SELECTINTERNET PROTOCOL VERSION 4 (TCP/IPV4) SO
THAT IT IS HIGHLIGHTED, THEN CLICK THEPROPERTIES
BUTTON.

Result: The Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)

Properties window displays.
Note: Do not un-check the box; doing so will disable the Internet
Protocol and prevent connection to the Internet.
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Changing
LAN
card
settings
FROM THE GENERAL TAB, VERIFY THAT OBTAIN AN IP
ADDRESS AUTOMATICALLY AND OBTAIN DNS SERVER
ADDRESS AUTOMATICALLY ARE SELECTED.
CLICK THE ADVANCED BUTTON.

Result: The Advanced TCP/IP Settings window

displays.

CHANGE IP SETTING
From the IP Settings tab,verify the following:
Under IP addresses,DHCP Enabled is listed.
UnderDefault gateways, nothing is listed.
Automatic metric is checked

From theDNS tab,verify the following:

CHANGE DNS
SETTING

The DNS server addresses box is

empty.
Append primary and connection
specific DNS suffixes is selected.
Append parent suffixes of the primary
DNS suffix is checked.
Register this connections addresses
in DNS ischecked.
Append these DNS suffixes (in
order)is notselected
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CHANGE WINS SETTING

From the WINS tab,verify the following:
The WINS addresses box is empty.
Enable LMHOSTS lookupis checked.
Default: Use NetBIOS setting from the DHCP server
isselected.

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Click theOK button to close the Advanced TCP/IP Settings

window.

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From the Alternate Configuration tab,verify that Automatic

private IP address is selected.

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Click theOK button to close the Internet Protocol Version

4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties window.
You will be prompted to restart the computer.

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PART-II

Network
Configuration

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NETWORK PARAMETERS
The following are common parameters
that need to be set in a networked
computer:
DNS Servers (e.g. 137.207.32.32)
The logical (e.g. IP) address of the DNS servers to be
used to resolve domain names
These can be local (e.g. frankie.csfac8.uwindsor.ca) or
remote (e.g. www.google.ca)

Host and domain information

This includes the computers name (e.g. elvis) and the
domain on which it resides (e.g. csfac8.uwindsor.ca)
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NETWORK PARAMETERS
Logical address (e.g. IP address: 137.207.132.21)
This address is required to participate on a WAN, such as
the Internet

Subnet mask (e.g. 255.255.0.0)

This is the binary mask that should be used to extract the
network and subnet information from the hosts address

Default gateway (e.g. 137.207.32.2)

This is the logical (e.g. IP) address of the router which
should receive the hosts Internet-bound packets

All of these values would be given to a

computers user by a network
administrator
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DNS SERVERS
DNS servers use the DNS protocol to
determine the logical (e.g. IP) address of
a host, given its domain name
e.g. www.google.ca: 64.233.167.99

Many servers are given (in a specific

order) so that local DNS servers are first

This is because the main DNS servers

(Internic) would not know local domain names

e.g. An Internic server would know about uwindsor.ca,

but not frankie.csfac8.uwindsor.ca)

These server addresses would usually

be well-known
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HOST AND DOMAIN INFO

Host name:

This is the name of the host on the network

e.g. elvis

Domain name:

This is the name of the domain on which the host resides

A domain is a named group of computers, which may
correspond to a subnet of addresses

e.g. csfac8.uwindsor.ca refers to the LAN on the 8th floor

of Lambton Tower

Given these two pieces of information, the hosts

DNS name would be elvis.csfac8.uwindsor.ca
Depending on the operating system, the domain may
require that you log on first

The network admin will create one or more domains, but each
hosts user can determine the host name, provided it is unique
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LOGICAL ADDRESS
This is typically an IP address
This address is necessary for all WAN (including Internet)
communication
Routing uses the logical address for finding the path for packets

These addresses are normally assigned automatically

by a DHCP/BOOTP server
They can be random addresses on the network, or sequentially
assigned

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SUBNET MASK
The subnet mask that it used by the host is the same
subnet mask used by the nearest routers
e.g. If using 2-level subnetting of 2 and 3 bits, this mask would be
the last subnet mask used (137.207.248.0)

A network admin would know the subnet masks he/she

assigned to each network

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DEFAULT GATEWAY
The default gateway (router) is the router
to which all Internet-bound traffic should
be sent

Typically, a LAN will have exactly one router, and

this will be its address
If there is more than one router, and only one
leads to the Internet, the Internet-connected
routers address is used here
If there is more than one router that connects to
the Internet, either address could be used

The network admin would know the

address of the routers
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