Avaya S8710 Home Theater Server User Manual


 
AAccessing the media server
Network configuration
Installing and Configuring the Avaya S8700 or S8710 Media Server 87
June 2004
Network configuration
NOTE:
Write down the original settings in case you need to change them back.
A new network connection must be configured as follows:
NOTE:
These instructions are for Windows 2000/XP only.
1 On your computer desktop, right-click My Network Places and left-click Properties to display
the Network Connections window.
Windows 2000/XP should have automatically detected the Ethernet card in your system and
created a LAN connection for you. More than one connection may appear.
2 Right-click on the correct Local Area Connection and left-click Properties to display the Local
Area Connection Properties dialog box.
3 Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).
4 Click Properties to display the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties dialog box.
5 On the General tab, select Use the following IP address. Enter the following:
IP address: 192.11.13.5
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.252
Make a note of any IP addresses or other entries that you have to clear. You may need to restore
them later to connect to another network.
6 Select Use the following DNS server addresses. The entries for Preferred DNS server and
Alternate DNS server should both be blank.
7 Click Advanced at the bottom of the dialog box to display the Advanced TCP/IP Settings dialog
box.
8 Click the DNS tab. Make sure no DNS server is administered (the address field should be blank).
9 Click OK, OK, and Close to close all the windows.