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Before you install the MMR software, you'll need to install Network
adapters in the computer that you've chosen to use for the MMR.
You'll need one adapter for each type of network that you want the MMR
to handle. This is in addition to the adapter that you use for your
Internet connection. Follow the Manufacturer's setup procedure for
each adapter, but keep the following things in mind:
Check your IRQs
Make sure you have IRQs available (for the ISA cards) or have IRQ
sharing (for the PCI-based) cards, before you physically install
the cards. (See this page
if you need help doing this.)
Uninstall any existing Internet
Sharing software before you install the new adapters.
This is very important. The NAT part of the MMR will
take care of Internet sharing and you don't want your old sharing
method to collide with the MMR.
Don't let the installer install
Internet Sharing Some of the early wireless and phoneline products didn't
give you an option, but most of the new products do.
Delete unneeded Protocols TCP/IP is really the only protocol that you need for both
Internet access and File and Printer sharing. So after your
card's installer finishes, open the Network Control panel and delete
NetBeui and IPX/SPX if they are installed. You
can also delete any VPN related protocols or Adapters, unless you
know that you need them. Finally, don't delete
any special protocols that your adapter may need. (The Proxim
Symphony installs two special protocols, for example.)
If the installer doesn't install TCP/IP, you'll have to do it manually.
(You can popup some quick instructions
if you need help.) After you install TCP/IP, you'll need to
configure it. Follow the instructions below to configure TCP/IP
for each of the MMR computer network adapters.
To be compatible with Soft Router Plus (which you'll be installing shortly),
use IP address 192.168.1.1 for one of the network adapters, 192.168.2.1
for the next, and 192.168.3.1 if you have a third network adapter.
In this example network, the Ethernet LAN uses the 192.168.1.X
range and the Wireless LAN uses 192.168.2.X.
Settings
for the network adapters in the MMR Computer
IP address: set as instructed above
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
WINS Configuration: Disable WINS resolution
Gateway: set to 192.168.1.254, 192.168.2.254,
or 192.168.3.254 to match the IP address you enter
DNS Configuration: DNS
settings apply to all NICs in a given computer, so you can't set them
differently for the each NIC.
If your ISP has assigned you a static IP address,
this will probably be enabled and other information will
be filled in when the network adapter that connects you to the Internet
was set up. If your ISP uses DHCP to assign you an IP address, open
one of the TCP/IP copies for any of your network adapters,
click on Enable DNS, enter your computer name in the
Host box, set the DNS Server Search Order box
to 192.168.1.254. If you're an @Home user, you
might as well enter your domain name in the Domain Suffix Search Order
box while you're at it, since you'll probably have problems unless
you do! The example below shows a completed DNS Configuration
tab.
NOTE:
The Domain Suffix Search Order entry shown below is an
example. Enter your Domain name. If you don't know what
it is, try the procedure on this
page.
Bindings: Check Client for Microsoft Networks
and File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks
Advanced: make sure the "Set this protocol
to be the default protocol." is checked.
NetBios: no changes.
Don't forget the Clients!
After you get the adapters installed on the MMR computer,
you should install a matching adapter on one of each type of Client machine.
Set the TCP/IP properties as follows::
IP address: set to 192.168.1.2 through 192.168.1.253 or 192.168.2.2 through 192.168.2.253 or 192.168.3.2 through 192.168.3.253
to match the network that you are on. Each computer needs to have a different IP address.
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
WINS Configuration: Disable WINS resolution
Gateway: set to 192.168.1.254, 192.168.2.254,
or 192.168.3.254 to match the IP address you enter.
DNS Configuration: set the
DNS Server Search Order box to 192.168.1.254, 192.168.2.254,
or 192.168.3.254 to match the IP address you entered.
If you're an @Home user, enter your domain name in the Domain Suffix
Search Order box as you did in the MMR adapter TCP/IP settings
Bindings: Check Client for Microsoft Networks
and File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks
Advanced: make sure the "Set this protocol
to be the default protocol." is checked.
DNS
settings apply to all NICs in a given computer, so you can't set them
differently for the each NIC. 
