1. Sometimesitisnecessarytocreate atemporarynetworktocheck device connectivity.Thisisa
procedure Iuse to check hardware toisolate a failedcomponentormisconfiguration.Usingthismethod
onlychangesyournetworkinginformationonyourtesting device soyoudon'thave to rekeyeverything
inyour existingdevices.
Look foryour existingIPaddressonthe device youare tryingtoconnectto
Locate yoursubnetmaskand gatewayaddresses
Openyourstart menuon yourcomputer
Type “cmd” and pressenterto start the commandprompt
Type “netshinterface ipshowconfig“in the commandpromptif you wantto see the current
configuration
Type ‘netshinterface ipsetaddressname="Local AreaConnection"staticxxx.xxx.xxx.xxx yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy
zzz.zzz.zzz.zzz1’
The “x” addressreferstoyour computeraddress. Take the device IPaddressandadd 1 to the lastoctet
so youare mostlikelytostayinthe correct range
The “y” stringwill be whateveryoursubnetmaskis. Thismustmatch your device exactly
The “z” stringreferstoyour gatewayaddressonyourcomputer. Thiscan be the same as the one on the
device withoutissues,butitdoesn’thave toaslongas it’sinthe correct IPrange
Make sure youomit anyleading0’sfromthe addressesorit won’twork. Also,the 1 at the endof the
scriptMUST be there

2. Afterenteringthe informationforyournetshscript,pressenter. Itshouldpause foramomentthen
bringyour promptback up
Unplugthe ethernetcable fromthe device andconnectthe device toyourcomputerusingthe crossover
cable
On yourcomputer,type "ping" followedbythe IPaddressof yourdevice (there shouldbe aspace
before yourIPaddress)
From thispoint,providedyourpingtestcomesbacksuccessful,younow have a networkbetweenyour
computerandyour device. These stepswill workonwirelessconnectionsaswell,althoughtodoso you
have to create a wirelessadhocnetworkandyour "local areaconnection"needstobe changedto
whateverthe name of yourwireless adaptertochange iton is. Hope thishelpsanyone thatneedsit.
Sometimesitisnecessarytocreate atemporarynetworktocheck device connectivity.Thisisa
procedure Iuse to check hardware toisolate a failedcomponentormisconfiguration. Usingthismethod
onlychangesyournetworkinginformationonyourtestingdevice soyoudon'thave to rekeyeverything
inyour existingdevices.
<ul>
<li>Lookfor yourexistingIPaddressonthe device youare tryingtoconnectto</li>
<li>Locate your subnetmaskandgatewayaddresses</li>
<li>Openyourstart menuonyour computer</li>
<li>Type “cmd” andpressenterto start the commandprompt</li>
<li>Type “netshinterface ipshow config“inthe commandprompt if youwant to see the
currentconfiguration</li>

3. <li>Type ‘netshinterface ipsetaddressname="Local AreaConnection"staticxxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
yyy.yyy.yyy.yyyzzz.zzz.zzz.zzz1’</li>
<li>The “x” addressreferstoyourcomputeraddress.Take the device IPaddressandadd 1 to
the last octetso youare mostlikelytostayinthe correct range</li>
<li>The “y” stringwill be whateveryoursubnetmaskis.Thismustmatchyour device
exactly</li>
<li>The “z” stringrefersto yourgatewayaddressonyour computer.Thiscan be the same as the
one on the device withoutissues,butitdoesn’thave toaslongas it’sin the correct IPrange</li>
<li>Make sure you omitany leading0’sfromthe addressesorit won’twork.Also,the 1 at the
endof the scriptMUST be there</li>
<li>Afterenteringthe informationforyournetshscript,pressenter.Itshouldpause fora
momentthenbringyourpromptback up</li>
<li>Unplugthe ethernetcable fromthe device andconnectthe device toyourcomputerusing
the crossovercable</li>
<li>Onyour computer,type "ping"followedbythe IPaddressof your device (there shouldbe a
space before yourIPaddress)</li>
</ul>
From thispoint,providedyourpingtestcomesbacksuccessful,younow have anetworkbetweenyour
computerandyour device.These stepswill workonwirelessconnectionsaswell,althoughtodoso you
have to create a wirelessadhocnetworkandyour "local areaconnection"needstobe changedto
whateverthe name of yourwirelessadaptertochange iton is.Hope thishelpsanyone thatneedsit.