Information Technology

1. Click on "Start" in the bottom left hand corner of screen
2. Click on "Run"
3. Type in "cmd" and hit ok You should now be at an
MSDOS prompt screen.
4. Type "ipconfig /release" just like that, and hit "enter"
5. Type "exit" and leave the prompt
6. Right-click on "Network Places" or "My Network Places"
on your desktop.
7. Click on "properties" You should now be on a screen
with something titled "Local Area Connection", or
something close to that, and, if you have a network
hooked up, all of your other networks.
8. Right click on "Local Area Connection" and click
"properties"
9. Double-click on the "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" from
the list under the "General" tab
10. Click on "Use the following IP address" under the
"General" tab 11. Create an IP address (It doesn't matter
what it is. I just type 1 and 2 until i fill the area up).
12. Press "Tab" and it should automatically fill in the
"Subnet Mask" section with default numbers.
13. Hit the "Ok" button here
14. Hit the "Ok" button again
You should now be back to the "Local Area Connection"
screen.
15. Right-click back on "Local Area Connection" and go to
properties again.

16. Go back to the "TCP/IP" settings
17. This time, select "Obtain an IP address automatically"

18. Hit "Ok"
19. Hit "Ok" again
20. You now have a new IP address With a little practice,
you can easily get this process down to 15 seconds.