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Chapter 2

Preliminary Steps

This chapter provides instructions on the steps to take before you actually start installing your GT 50 connections or configuring your router. It includes the following topics:

Collect the Hardware you Need

Gather the Information you Need

Set up Your PC to Communicate With Your GT 50

Check Your Local Ethernet Network

Collect the Hardware you Need

 Before you start installing your GT 50, you need to have the following on hand:
To connect . . . You need . . .
the GT 50 to a LAN

 an Ethernet 10BaseT hub

the GT 50 to an Ethernet (10BaseT) hub

a 10BaseT cable

the GT 50 from its RS232-DTE port to a modem (for connection to a WAN)

 an RS-232 serial cable with a DB-25 female connector

the GT 50 to a telephone line

 a modem

the modem to the telephone line

 a telephone cable

Note: You also need a PC running Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0

Gather the Information you Need

The worksheets in Appendix C (page 37) provide a listing of the information you need to configure your GT 50:

Set up Your PC to Communicate With
Your GT 50

 To communicate with your GT 50 you need to have TCP/IP configured on your PC so that your PC can communicate with the GT 50 over your LAN. The following sections provide instructions for configuring TCP/IP on your PC.

On an NT 4.0 System . . .

1. Click the Start button (lower left-hand corner of the Windows screen).
2. Click Settings.
3. Click Control Panel.
4. Double-click the Network icon.
5. Click the Protocols tab.
6. Double-click TCP/IP Protocol.
7. Click the IP Address tab.
8. Record your PC's current IP address so that you have it when you need to reconfigure your PC to communicate over its original network.
9. Enter the IP Address 192.168.1.x (where x is in the range of 2-254) and set the Subnet Mask to 255.255.255.0.
10. Enter the following Default Gateway IP address: 192.168.1.1. This is the router's Ethernet IP address.

11. Click OK at the TCP/IP Properties window.
12. Click OK at the Network window.
13. Restart your PC now.

On a Windows 95 System . . .

1. Click the Start button (lower left-hand corner of the Windows screen).
2. Click Settings.
3. Click Control Panel.
4. Double-click the Network icon.
5. Click the Configuration tab.
6. Double-click TCP/IP.
7. Click the IP Address tab.
8. Record your PC's current IP address so that you have it if you need to reconfigure your PC to communicate over its original network.
9. Enter the IP Address 192.168.1.x (where x is in the range of 2-254) and enter 255.255.255.0 for the Subnet Mask.
10. Click the Gateway tab.
11. Enter a New Gateway IP address of 192.168.1.1, which is the router's Ethernet IP address.
12. Click the Add button.
13. Click OK at the TCP/IP Properties window.
14. Click OK at the Network window.
15. Restart your PC now.

Check Your Local Ethernet Network

 Check the physical connections between the PCs on your network and the Ethernet hub.

1. Check the status lights on the hub's ports and each PC's network interface card (NIC). If the Link status lights are ON, the connections are OK.
2. Run Ping from one PC to another to check that each PC can communicate over the network. If this works, your local network is operating properly.

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