Submitted By: Cruizwell E. Canen Submitted To: Mr. Joema Sanchez

1. ASSIGNING A STATIC IP ADDRESS
Cruizwell E. Canen Mr. Joema Sanchez

2. • IN A HOME NETWORK WITH SEVERAL COMPUTERS AND DEVICES, IT IS
IDEAL TO ASSIGN EACH OF THEM A SPECIFIC ADDRESS. THIS IS FOR THE
PURPOSE OF AVOIDING PROBLEMS WHEN YOU DO TROUBLESHOOTING
WHICH REQUIRES FIGURING OUT THE IP ADDRESS OF EACH OF THEM. IT
IS ALSO A MEANS TO PREVENT ADDRESS CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE
DEVICES YOU CAN ALSO MANAGE THEM WITH EASE IF YOU HAVE
ASSIGNED THEIR OWN ADDRESSES
• HERE ARE THE PROCEDURES IN ASSIGNING AN IP ADDRESS ON A
WINDOWS BASE COMPUTER SYSTEM:
• OPEN THE CONTROL PANEL’S NETWORK CONNECTIONS ICON.
• OPEN THE ICON REPRESENTING YOUR COMPUTER’S NETWORK
CONNECTION
• CLICK THE PROPERTIES BUTTON IN THE STATUS DIALOG BOX
• FROM THE LIST OF ITEMS, CHOOSE INTERNET PROTOCOL (TCP/IP).

3. • CLICK THE PROPERTIES BUTTON. THE
INTERNET PROTOCOL (TCP/IP)
PROPERTIES DIALOG BOX APPEARS.
Type the IP address for
your computer. Enter the
appropriate IP Address
in the IP address section.
Type a subnet mask. The
value used on a local
network is
commonly 255.255.255.0
, but it can be different,
such as 255.255.255.127.
Type the default
gateway address. The
default gateway is
the router, so type the
router’s address. Figure
54 shows an example of
assigning an IP Address,
Subnet mask and default
gateway.

4. • TYPE THE ADDRESS FOR THE PREFERRED DNS SERVER THE ADDRESS SHOULD BE OBTAINED FROM
YOUR INTERNET SERVICE PROTOCOL. IT IS USED TO HELP YOUR COMPUTER FIND WEB PAGES AND
OTHER ADDRESSES ON THE INTERNET.
• TYPE THE ADDRESS FOR THE ALTERNATE DNS SERVER.
• THE ALTERNATE DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM (DNS) SERVER’S IP ADDRESS IS SOMETHING THAT YOUR
ISP PROVIDES.
• CLICK OK TO CONFIRM THE SETTINGS
• CLOSE ALL OTHER OPEN DIALOG BOXES AND WINDOWS.