Chapter 5: Configuring Your Ethernet Connection
Release 24 STANDARD 1.2 April 2016 Touchstone TG2492 Telephony Gateway User Guide
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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 Mac OS X
Follow these steps to configure the Ethernet interface on a Mac OS X 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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