fli4l documentation - Connection of PCs in a LAN

7. Connection of PCs in a LAN

Set for each computer in LAN:

##### 1. [ IP address ]
2. [ name of computer AND your domain name ]
3. [ standard gateway ]
4. [ IP address of DNS server ]
[ Remarks ]

#### 1)

This IP address must be in the same network as the IP address of your FLI4L router; ex.: 192.168.6.2 . Duplicate IP addresses are not allowed. Therefor you should only change the last group of numbers in your IP addresses. Please remember to use the same IP address you used for this computer in file `config.txt` .

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#### 2)

Name of computer is thenfor example: "my-pc", domain name: "lan.fli4l".

ATTENTION: The domain you used in PC settings MUST BE the same as it is in FLI4L routerīs settings! You will need these identical settings for use of FLI4L router as DNS server. If there are any differences it will cause problems in your network.

Reason: Windows computers are looking for computers with name `WORKGROUP.lan.fli4l` in spec. time intervals. If this domain is not the one you chose for your FLI4L router (here: `lan.fli4l`), FLI4L will try to answer this request by sending it to the internet...

You will have to do the setting for the domain in TCP/IP settings of the computer.
For Windows 2000 you will find this here:

    Start ->
      Settings ->
        Control Panel ->
          Network and ...connections ->
            LAN connection ->
              Properties ->
                Internet protocol (TCP/IP) ->
                  Properties ->
                    Enhanced... ->
                      DNS ->
                        Add DNS suffix:
                        - enter "lan.fli4l" (NO ""!) -> push OK button.

For NT4:

    Start ->
      Settings ->
        Control Panel ->
          Network ->
            Protocols ->
              TCP/IP ->
                Properties ->
                  DNS:
                  - enter host name (this computer)
                  - enter domain   (as it is in: config.txt)
                  - Add IP address of fli4l router
                  - Add DNS suffix (Add domain; as it is in: config.txt)

For Win95/98:

    Start ->
      Settings ->
        Control Panel ->
          Network ->
            Configuration ->
              TCP/IP (the one that is connected to the network adaptor to your router) ->
                Properties ->
                  DNS configuration:
                  - activate DNS and enter at "Domain:" ... "lan.fli4l" eingeben (NO ""!).

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#### 3)

You MUST give in a standard gateway because there will be no success without setting the correct IP address here. You have to enter the IP address of your FLI4L router (ethernet side), i.e.ex.: 192.168.6.4. This depends on the IP addresses which you entered in `config.txt` for your FLI4L router.

It is NOT correct to enter the FLI4L router as a proxy server in your Windows or browser configuration. This is only allowed when you use Junkbuster on your FLI4L router. Usually FLI4L is NO proxy. That means: Do NOT set FLI4L as proxy in these settings!

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#### 4)

IP address of DNS server is not the IP address of your providerīs DNS server, but the IP address of your FLI4L router (ethernet). That is because the FLI4L router will from now on be able to answer request on its own or to send these requests to the internet.

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#### Additional remarks:

Steps 1 to 4 must not be inserted when there is an already configured DHCP server running. In this case the FLI4L router will send all necessary information automatically.

Because of the configuration of the FLI4L router as DNS server many of the requests of Windows PCs will be answered by FLI4L and will not be sent to the internet.

Internet options:
For connections please choose: "do not connect" .

Settings for local network (LAN):
Do NOT set anything (only if you use OPT_PROXY).

Thanks to Alexander Levenetz for his investigative work about Windows configurations. :-)

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