DirecPC 2 way satellite Win 2K Pro DHCP

Q:  Help.. thought I understood home networks. Trying to set up my AT is
    driving my crazy. I am running Win2K Pro with LAN dynamic LAN (IIP & DNS)
    settings. I use DirecPC 2 way satellite and have a laptop connected to my
    network. Laptop has to be used at work with dynamic IPs so it has to stay
    that way. How on earth do I get this AT set up? Any help would be 
    appreciated.


A:  First off... You must use a Router. Not a Hub. If you are using any kind
    of router, like a Linksys or Dlink model, make sure you shut its DHCP 
    server. There can be only 1 DHCP server running on a network. Setting up 
    DHCP in Win2K is pretty simple really. It's the DNS setup that gets 
    tricky!

    You may use reservations, which assigns the same IP to each device 
    everytime it connects, based on its MAC. The only trick is to enter 
    the MAC without the hyphens or spaces. Case does not matter. Then each 
    device, server, or workstation obtains all settings automatically.

    Of course, you can always just set your AT's IP number to a specific 
    number inside your subnet. For example, 192.168.1.30. Just make sure 
    the first 3 segments match your subnet. Your subnet mask should be 
    255.255.255.1, unless you have more than 253 devices on your home network!

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