
Configuring Network Parameters Under Windows XP
In the Configuration panel, select “Network” then, in the network components
area, choose the TCP/IP component of your Wi-Fi board and click on “Properties”
to open the dialogue box.
Fill in the various fields using information given by your Internet service pro-
vider if this is necessary:
•
IP address corresponding to the computer IP address;
•
Subnet mask used for knowing the network address and the subnet address of
the IP address above;
•
Default gateway corresponding to the address of the network computer con-
nected to the Internet;
•
DNS addresses generally given by the IAP or the network administrator.
For Windows versions other than Windows 2000 and XP, the computer must
be rebooted.
In the case of Windows 2000 or XP, the activation of the user-defined network
parameters can take up to ten seconds.
Configuring Network Parameters Under Linux/BSD
To configure the IP address and the subnet mask of the board, enter in a shell:
# ifconfig eth0 10.0.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0
To configure the gateway address (10.0.0.1 in this case), enter:
# route add default gw 10.0.0.1
The route command is used for checking whether the gateway address was actu-
ally added into the routing table:
# route
Kernel IP Routing Table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref
Use Iface
Default 10.0.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG O 0
0 eth0
To configure the address of the name server or servers (DNS), just print out the
resolv.conf file that is in the /etc directory using the vi command:
# vi/etc/resolv.conf
Here is an example for the resolv.conf file:
nameserver adresse_IP_DNS
domain nom_de_domaine
nameserver is used for defining the primary DNS address, whereas domain
defines the network domain name, if it has a domain. The domain name is given by
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