Chapter 5: Configuring Your Ethernet Connection
Release 34 DRAFT 1.6 June 2017 Touchstone DG3450 Data Gateway User Guide
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1. Click the Start menu and type network and sharing into the Search box.
2. Select Network and Sharing Center when it appears.
3. Click Change adapter settings from the left-side menu.
4. Right-click on your local area connection icon and select Properties to open the
Properties window.
5. Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and click Properties to configure TCP/IPv4.
Note: If your cable provider requires TCP/IP version 6, select Internet Protocol Version 6
(TCP/IPv6) and click Properties to configure TCP/IPv6.
The TCP/IP properties window for the version you selected displays.
6. For either TCP/IPv4 or TCP/IPv6, select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain
DNS server address automatically, unless instructed otherwise by your cable provider.
7. Click OK to accept the new settings and close the Properties window. Then click Close to
back out of the remaining setup screens.
TCP/IP Configuration for macOS
Follow these steps to configure the Ethernet interface on a macOS operating system.
1. Open System Preferences, either by choosing System Preferences from the Apple menu
or by clicking the System Preferences icon in the dock.
2. Click the Network icon.
3. Choose Automatic from the Location drop-down menu, and Built-in Ethernet from the
Show menu.
4. Choose the TCP/IP tab, if necessary.
If you are using TCP/IPv4, go to step 5.
If your cable provider requires TCP/IPv6, go to step 8.
5. Choose Using DHCP from the Configure IPv4 menu.
6. If necessary, click the Renew DHCP Lease button.
7. Close the System Properties application.
TCP/IPv4 configuration is completed.
8. If you are using TCP/IPv6, click Configure IPv6 near the bottom of the previous window.
9. Choose Automatically from the Configure IPv6 drop-down menu and click OK.
10. Close the System Properties application.
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