NA Lesson - 14

Installing and Configuring TCP/IP

Part-I

Session Objectives 

•  Installing TCP/IP 
• Configuring TCP/IP

As part of the Typical Settings setup option, TCP/IP is installed by default during installation of Windows Server 2003.

However, if TCP/IP has been uninstalled from a computer, or if the protocol was cleared during the Windows Server 2003 Setup program, you need to install the protocol if you want to connect the computer to a TCP/IP network.

Installing TCP/IP

To install TCP/IP, complete the following steps:

1. In the Network Connections window, right-click the network connection for which you want to install and enable TCP/IP, and then select Properties.

2. In the General tab (for a local area connection) or the Networking tab (all other connections), if Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is not in the list of installed components, do the following:

a. Click Install.

b. Click Protocol, and then click Add.

c. In the Select Network Protocol dialog box, click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and then click OK.

3. Verify that the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) check box is selected, and then click Close.

Configuring TCP/IP

To access the network protocol dialog box, open Network Connections, right-click the appropriate network connection, and then select Properties. In the properties dialog box that opens, select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)  and click Properties.

Now we can configure TCP/IP automatically or dynamically as illustrated in the following two figures.

Q. Discuss the installation and configuration of procedure of TCP/IP to be followed by Windows server 2003.