Configuring TCP/IP

For TCP/IP to work on your computer, it must be configured with the IP addresses, subnet mask, and default gateway for each network adapter on the computer. Microsoft TCP/IP can be configured using two different methods:

• If there is a DHCP server on your internetwork, it can automatically configure TCP/IP for your computer using DHCP.
• If there is no DHCP server, or if you are configuring a Windows NT Server computer to be a DHCP server, you must manually configure all TCP/IP settings.

These configuration methods are described in the following sections.