Configuring IP Addressing

When your StarBand® Nova modem is offline, it will only respond to an IP address of 192.168.1.1 . To communicate with the modem, you must statically configure an IP address for your PC’s Ethernet. You should configure the IP address 192.168.1.2 , with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 .

Your StarBand® Nova modem uses a second IP address, when it is online. It is the IP address assigned to your modem on the NOC’s network. Your modem will, in turn, assign an IP address to the PC or router connected to it via an Ethernet crossover cable. The IP address assigned will be equal to the modem’s IP address plus “1”. You can see this information if you go to a Command prompt window and issue the ipconfig /all command. This is shown above, on the top, left.

Configuring IP Addressing on an Ethernet Adapter - Windows XP

If you need to communicate with your modem when it is offline, you will need to directly connect your PC to the modem with an Ethernet crossover cable and configure an IP address on your PC. Use the following steps, to do this:

        1. Right-click the Network Connections control panel and select Open from the drop-down menu. Or select Show all connections from the Connect to drop-down menu. Which ever path you take, you should see something similar to that shown at the bottom left above.
        2. Locate the connection icon for the Local Area Ethernet adapter through which you connect to the modem. Make sure the connection is enabled. The modem should be OFF at this stage, so the connection should have a red X.
        3. Right click the connection icon and select Properties from the drop down menu. You will then see the connection properties window, shown above at the top right.
        4. Highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click the Properties button. You may have to scroll down through the ‘This connection uses the following items:’ list to locate this entry.
        5. Configure the static IP address and subnet mask under the General, tab as shown above on the lower right.
        6. Click OK until you are back in the Network Connections window.

Configuring IP Addressing on an Ethernet Adapter - Not Windows XP

Things will be similar, but exactly the same for other operating systems, including other versions of Window.

Windows Vista

Open the Network and Sharing Center control panel. Then, click on Manage Network Connections on the left, to go to the Network Connections window. Continue with Step 2 under the Windows XP instructions.

Windows 2000

Right click My Network Places on the desktop and select Properties from the menu. Continue with Step 2 under the Windows XP instructions.

Macintosh

For information about configuring a Macintosh, please see Appendix E, Using a Macintosh with StarBand .

    Note: You must reverse the above configuration once you complete the Nova configuration. Open the Connection Properties, as described above. Then, click the button to Obtain an IP address automatically and verify that on the bottom of the window, the button is selected to Obtain DNS server address automatically .

    If you forget to do this, your PC will not be able to go online!