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Configuring Your Computer in Windows 2000
Step 1. Configure TCP/IP Settings
After you have completed the hardware setup, you need to configure your 
computer to connect to the Barricade. You also need to determine how 
your ISP issues your IP address. Many ISPs issue these addresses 
automatically, using a networking technology known as Dynamic Host 
Configuration Protocol, or DHCP. Other ISPs will specify your IP address 
and associated numbers, which you must enter manually. This is also 
known as a static IP address. How your ISP assigns your IP address 
determines how you will configure your computer.
Here is what to do:
1. From the Windows 
desktop, click “Start/
Settings/Control Panel.”
2. Double-click the 
“Network and Dial-up 
Connections” icon.