Configuring Static Addressing

Another article from my coursework

Configuring A static IP is an important part of adding applying an IP address to the server on a network. The static IP address is given to the server by the user, so that it can communicate with computers on the network, as well as giving the other computers their own IP address.

First we need to access the control panel from the start menu.

Now we need to navigate to the ‘Network Connections’ option in the control panel.

Now the network that we want to configure the IP address for. In this example we are configuring the ‘Local Area Network’


Now we want to look at the properties for the internet protocol (TCP/IP).
Select internet protocol from the menu and select the ‘properties’ menu.

Now by automatically entering an IP address that we want the server to have, the server will now be able to communicate with computers on the network using this address.
The address we have chosen to use is 192.160.1.20.
The subnet should automatically be assigned to 255.255.255.0. Your IP address should now be configured.
To check that our IP address has been configured we can use the IPCONFIG tool. The IPCONFIG tool is a command line based tool that allows for a user to see what the status of their IP address is. Below I will explain in more detail how to access and use the IPCONFIG tool.

First navigate to the ‘Run’ option in the start menu.


Now In the box type ‘cmd’.

Now we are in the command line. From here we simply type IPCONFIG and the results will be displayed.

We should now see our IP address as 10.50.4.129. This means that the IP address has been configured correctly. If there was no IP address displayed, we would need to go back and try to configure the IP address again.