Installing TCP/IP

Before you install Microsoft TCP/IP on a computer running Windows 2000, you need to know:

• Whether your network supports a dynamic TCP/IP configuration, which uses the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).

  A dynamic configuration is the simplest to complete and can be used if another computer on your network is installed as a DHCP server. The DHCP server provides IP address, subnet mask, default gateway (IP router), DNS domain name, DNS server, and WINS server configuration information.

• Whether your network requires a manual TCP/IP configuration.

  Some existing networks either do not use DHCP or require that TCP/IP configuration is performed manually for each computer.

If you do not use DHCP to configure TCP/IP dynamically, obtain the following information from your network administrator to configure TCP/IP manually:

• The IP address and subnet mask for each network adapter that is installed on the computer.
• The IP address for the default local gateway (IP router).

• The name of your DNS domain and the IP addresses of the DNS servers on the network.

  For Active Directory deployment, the primary DNS suffix of a computer, also known as the computer's primary domain name, is by default the name of the Active Directory domain that the computer has joined. If you want your computer's primary DNS suffix to be different from the name of the Active Directory domain that the computer has joined, see To change the DNS suffix of your computer

• The IP addresses for the WINS servers, if WINS services are available on your network.

For instructions about installing and configuring TCP/IP, see To install TCP/IP and Configure TCP/IP