Appendix A Network support 81Installing the BayStack Instant Internet Management Software Version 7.11Workstations can be forced to renew their IP address leases, however, you mustrenew the lease at each workstation. For details see “Setting a workstation to getnew information from the Instant Internet unit or your existing DHCP server” onpage 88. For more information about IP address leases, refer to “Scopes andleases” in Using the BayStack Instant Internet Management Software Version7.11.Preparing a network with no TCP/IP and no BootP or DHCPserverUse this preparation procedure if you have a Windows environment, noworkstation has TCP/IP enabled, and no existing BootP or DHCP server isinstalled on your network.To prepare a network with no TCP/IP and no BootP or DHCP server:• You must install TCP/IP on each workstation (including the workstation youused to configure the Instant Internet unit) and set each workstation to obtainan IP address automatically by selecting the option Use DHCP or Obtain anIP address automatically (depending on your operating system). For moreinformation, refer to “Installing TCP/IP on a workstation” on page 84 and“Setting a workstation to get its IP address from Instant Internet or yourexisting DHCP server” on page 87.After you run the Install program and configure the Instant Internet unit as aDHCP server, Instant Internet assigns an IP address to itself and to theworkstations that are set up to use it as a DHCP server.
