Configuring TCP/IP Settings
To configure your TCP/IP Address settings in Windows, follow these 7 steps:
- Open Network Connections.*
- Right-click the network connection you want to configure, and then click Properties.
- On the General tab (for a local area connection) or the Networking tab (for all other connections), click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and then click Properties.
- Click Use the following IP address, and do one of the following:
- For a local area connection, in IP address, Subnet mask, and Default gateway, type the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway addresses.
- For all other connections, in IP address, type the IP address.
- Click Use the following DNS server addresses.
- In Preferred DNS server and Alternate DNS server, type the primary and secondary DNS server addresses.
- To configure advanced static address settings for a local area connection, click Advanced, and do one or more of the following:
- To configure additional IP addresses:
- On the IP Settings tab, in IP addresses, click Add.
- In TCP/IP Address, type an IP address in IP address and a subnet mask in Subnet mask, and then click Add.
- Repeat steps 1 and 2 for each IP address you want to add, and then click OK.
- To configure additional default gateways:
- On the IP Settings tab, in Default gateways, click Add.
- In TCP/IP Gateway Address, type the IP address of the default gateway in Gateway. To manually configure a default route metric, clear the Automatic metric check box and type a metric in Metric.
- Click Add.
- Repeat steps 1 through 3 for each default gateway you want to add, and then click OK.
- To configure a custom metric for this connection, clear the Automatic metric check box, and then type a metric value in Interface metric.
- To configure additional IP addresses:
*Notes:
- To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group or the Network Configuration Operators group on the local computer.
- To open Network Connections, click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Network Connections.
And there you have it! You now know how to configure TCP/IP Settings within Windows.