LAN
tweak guide
Last Updated on
December 02, 1999 by Thomas
McGuire
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Under
the WINS Configuration tab, select Disable
WINS resolution if you aren’t connected to a
Windows Internet Naming service (WINS) resolution. If you
are, enter in the required information.
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Under
the IP Address tab choose Specify
an IP address & enter your IP address.
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Under
the Advanced tab, put a tick in the Set this
protocol to be the default protocol box. Set Allow
binding to ATM to No, unless it is required to
do so, most should be able to leave this set to No.
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Under
the Bindings tab, tick only the required
components.
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Under
the Gateway tab, enter in the gateway address if
one is used, e.g. it may be needed to connect the LAN to
the Internet.
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Click
Ok
to make the changes. Then click Ok
once again; you may need your Windows CD in the drive once
the changes have been made, to install some things.
Re-boot your PC for the changes to take affect.
If
you have IPX/SPX-compatible protocol installed, then
set it up as follows.

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Under
the NetBIOS tab, untick the box there unless you have chosen to enable File & Printer sharing, then you
must put a tick in the, I want to enable NetBIOS
over IPX/SPX option.
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Under
the Bindings tab, tick only the required
components.
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Under the Advanced
tab, set Source routing to 16. For Frame
type select the appropriate choice, if unsure set it
to Auto. Set Force even length packets to No
or Not present. Leave the others at their default
values.
If the
PC is connected to the Internet & uses Dial-up adapter
set it as follows.
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Under
the Bindings tab, tick as many entries as
are required.
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Under
the Advanced tab, for Enable
Point to point IP, select Yes.
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For
IP packet size select Large.
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For
Record
a log file
choose No.
Finally,
for Use
IPX header compression
choose No.
If you use the PC for browsing & downloading mainly, then
set it to Yes instead. Click Ok
once all those changes have been made.

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