The Gateway Admin software install (formerly Gateway Advanced Setup) must be run on a Windows PC (Windows 7/SP1 or Windows 8/Update 1). You must have administrative rights on the local PC.
Caution: Business users cannot select their own static ip! On a corporate network, or any network where you login to Windows Server from the desktop, you must see your system administrator who may assign an ip for the gateway's use.
Windows 8.1
• Find the start menu (metro icon page) - usually via the windows key or icon
• Find the down arrow on lower left to enter the apps menu
• Scroll right to the section where named headings print above the icons
• Find the heading Windows System and select Command Prompt
• At the prompt, type ipconfig and press return
• Find the line that starts with IP V4 Address and write down that number (e.g. 192.168.1.2)
• The last digit changes for every machine in your local environment. .1 is always reserved for the router. The next device request to the router gets the next number (.2 may be the PC). The quickie way to estimate what digit might be safely available is count the total number of devices (e.g. PCs, smartphones, tablets, streaming TV, game devices). If fewer devices, .10 is probably available. If many, try .15 No two devices may have the same IP - or one will knock the other's service out.
Windows 7/SP1
• On the Start Menu, type command prompt in the search window
• At the prompt, type ipconfig and press return
• Find the line that starts with IP V4 Address and write down that number (e.g. 192.168.3.5)
• The last digit changes for every machine in your local environment. .1 is always reserved for the router. The next device request to the router gets the next number (.2 may be the PC). The quickie way to estimate what digit might be safely available is count the total number of devices (e.g. PCs, smartphones, tablets, streaming TV, game devices). If fewer devices, .10 is probably available. If many, try .15 No two devices may have the same IP - or one will knock the other's service out.
Notes: 1. You cannot exceed the pool of numbers available in the router (e.g. most consumer routers allot about 50 addresses by default; you can increase this). 2. The technical may prefer to reserve the gateway's static ip in the router; consult your product documentation as we cannot trouble-shoot your router configurations.
Caution: Business users cannot select their own static ip! On a corporate network, or any network where you login to Windows Server from the desktop, you must see your system administrator who may assign an ip for the gateway's use.
Windows 8.1
• Find the start menu (metro icon page) - usually via the windows key or icon
• Find the down arrow on lower left to enter the apps menu
• Scroll right to the section where named headings print above the icons
• Find the heading Windows System and select Command Prompt
• At the prompt, type ipconfig and press return
• Find the line that starts with IP V4 Address and write down that number (e.g. 192.168.1.2)
• The last digit changes for every machine in your local environment. .1 is always reserved for the router. The next device request to the router gets the next number (.2 may be the PC). The quickie way to estimate what digit might be safely available is count the total number of devices (e.g. PCs, smartphones, tablets, streaming TV, game devices). If fewer devices, .10 is probably available. If many, try .15 No two devices may have the same IP - or one will knock the other's service out.
Windows 7/SP1
• On the Start Menu, type command prompt in the search window
• At the prompt, type ipconfig and press return
• Find the line that starts with IP V4 Address and write down that number (e.g. 192.168.3.5)
• The last digit changes for every machine in your local environment. .1 is always reserved for the router. The next device request to the router gets the next number (.2 may be the PC). The quickie way to estimate what digit might be safely available is count the total number of devices (e.g. PCs, smartphones, tablets, streaming TV, game devices). If fewer devices, .10 is probably available. If many, try .15 No two devices may have the same IP - or one will knock the other's service out.
Notes: 1. You cannot exceed the pool of numbers available in the router (e.g. most consumer routers allot about 50 addresses by default; you can increase this). 2. The technical may prefer to reserve the gateway's static ip in the router; consult your product documentation as we cannot trouble-shoot your router configurations.