NT4 includes full
support for TCP/IP protocol, which on itself fills a thick book, so
I am concentrating on this pages just on the basics. I also assume,
that you have basic
knowledge of TCP/IP addressing (if not, look at the Windows95 TCP/IP basics, the
basics are valid for any system with TCP/IP protocol installed, regardless
of CPU-typ and Operating system).
TCP/IP can be installed during the initial Network-setup/definition.
I am here assuming, that you have the Network already installed using
NetBEUI, so
to add now TCP/IP, enter in the "Control-Panel"
the "Network"-Applet, select the tab:"Protocols"
and then the "Add"-button:
Select from the list "TCP/IP Protocol".
You will now be prompted:
Unless you have an NT-server
(or a similar server) with a DHCP-database, you will
use static assigned IP-addresses, so select
: "No".
Like always, NT needs to load some files from the CD-ROM:
Once the files have been load, do NOT yet try to configure the TCP/IP,
you will get:
As requested, select first the "Close" button, so that NT can create
the bindings between
all the network-components, it will then prompt to define your TCP/IP
address:
On an office-network, you need to get the IP-address assigned to you
by your network administrator, at home, you can pick any IP-address,
but I suggest to use the range of IP-address reserved for private networks:
192.168.x.x.
That's it, a reboot is required:
Once you are up, you can test your network connection to other systems
using the TCP/IP "ping" (for some background
info, see : Testing Connection
using TCP/IP):
In this example, I pinged myself (192.168.10.1), the connected notebook
(192.168.10.2)
and a non-existing 3rd system (192.168.10.3), for which no answer could
come.
With the enforced user-security on Windows NT4, using the TCP/IP
"ping" is a
very efficient method to determine, whether your network hardware
(network-boards, cables, hubs, terminators) are ok or not, to define,
whether you have to search for a Hardware problem or a software/setup/user-definition
problem.
