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["Sheldon Isaac" <SheldonIsaac AT MyRealBox.com>]

On 18 Sep 2006 at 7:57, 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:
> Are you saying a router is needed to give XP an IP address?
> That doesn't sound right to me.  But, of course, I know zilch
> about XP.
> 
> Isn't there something in Windows networking (point & click)
> that sets a TCP/IP address?  If you can find it in your XP
> computer, does it show a current IP address?  If not, can
> you set one?

One would think XP is similar to Win9x in that it can do either a fixed IP 
address or DHCP.

For a few years*, this computer (called   asus  because that's the brand of 
motherboard it has) had an address of  192.168.1.2   in Windows 98.

One right-clicks the "Network Neighborhood"  icon, then  Properties,  the 
TCP/IP protocol item, and then the  IP address tab.
Once there, the choices are 

"Obtain an IP address automatically"

or

"Specify an IP address"

Thanks,
Sheldon

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* Now I have a router, which assigns addresses starting with 192.168.1.100