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2 Connectivity and access to an S8100 system
Physical connections
146 S8100 Installation and Upgrades
November 2003
Configure the laptop (laptop running
WINDOWS 2000)
Set up the network PCMCIA interface to communicate with the S8100 system.
1 In Windows Explorer, click Start → Settings → Network and Dial-up Connection → Local Areal
Connection.
2 Click Properties.
3 In the list of components window, check “File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks.”
4 Select “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click Properties.
5 Check “Use the following IP address” radio button.
NOTE:
Before continuing, record the current settings from each of the TCP/IP Properties tabs.
This information is needed to restore the laptop after work is finished with S8100 system.
6 Type 192.11.13.5 as the IP Address and 255.255.255.252 as the Subnet Mask. If Default Gateway
has an IP address, record then remove it (or leave blank).
7 If there are DNS IP addresses in the Preferred and/or Alternate DNS windows, record them then
remove them.
8 Click the Advanced button.
9 In the DNS and WINS tabs, record then remove any IP addresses.
10 Click OK here and in the following windows.
11 Start a DOS shell on the laptop by clicking Start → Programs → MS-DOS (for Windows 2000,
click Start
→ Run → cmd).
12 In the DOS window type ping 192.11.13.6 and press Enter.
A series of 4 similar replies indicating successful response should display:
Reply from 192.11.13.6 bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.11.13.6 bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.11.13.6 bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.11.13.6 bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128
13 If a timeout reply displays, check cabling or review the previous setup steps. Also verify that the
S8100 is operating normally and referencing the LEDs on the TN2314 circuit pack’s faceplate.
See Table 53, TN2314 circuit pack’s LED states,
on page 324.
Connect S8100 system to laptop’s CD-ROM
drive (laptop running WINDOWS 2000)
To copy software from the laptop’s CD-ROM drive to the S8100 server, you need to share the CD drive
and establish a connection from the server to the CD drive.
1 On the laptop, double-click My Computer.