Using the command-line IPCONFIG/all will reveal
significantly more details about your Ethernet, wireless and other types of network connections.
An equivalent command in Unix (and the Mac X OS) would be ???ifconfig.???
Assuming you??™ve got a Windows PC, access the network status as follows:
Click Start.
Right-click Network Places.
Choose Properties.
You should see the icons for one or more network connections, and a status of Connected,
as shown on the right in Figure 10-4. If you do not see a status of Connected,
check the network cabling and directions for your router to correct the situation.
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Figure 10-4
Windows Network
Connections window
showing the status of
network adapters
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Next, right-click the Connected network adapter and choose Status. When
the Status dialog box appears, click the Support tab. You should see details
similar to those shown in Figure 10-5.
Note the IP address for the Default Gateway??”this is the IP address you will use
in your web browser to access the configuration software for the router. (This address
should also match the documentation for your router.)
Step 3: Configure Your Router
Open your web browser, and in the Address field, enter the Default Gateway IP address
from Step 2. Browsing to this address should bring you to the router??™s configuration
home page, as shown in the example in Figure 10-6.
From the router??™s web interface, you have complete control over your Internet
connection??”from making and disconnecting the connection, to allowing desired
content in, to filtering out undesired content.
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