Lab 8
Lab 8
Learning Objective: At the end of the lab you will be able to know how to assign IP address to a PC
connected to the Internet.
Step-1: To assign or change the computer’s IP address in Windows, type network and sharing into the
Search box in the Start Menu and select Network and Sharing Center when it comes up. If you’re in
Windows 7 or 10 it’ll be in the start menu.
Step-2: Then when the Network and Sharing Center opens, click on Change adapter settings. This will be
the same on Windows 7 or 10
Step-3: Right-click on your local adapter and select Properties.
Step-4: In the Local Area Connection Properties window highlight Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)
then click the Properties button.
Now select the radio button Use the following IP address and enter in the correct IP, Subnet mask, and
Default gateway that corresponds with your network setup. Then enter your Preferred and Alternate
DNS server addresses. Here we’re on a home network and using a simple Class C network configuration
and Google DNS.
Step-5: Check Validate settings upon exit so Windows can find any problems with the addresses you
entered. When you’re finished click OK
Step-6: Now close out of the Local Area Connections Properties window.
Windows will run network diagnostics and verify the connection is good. Here we had no problems with
it, but if you did, you could run the network troubleshooting wizard.
Step-7: Now you can open the command prompt and do an ipconfig to see the network adapter settings
have been successfully changed.