How to check if TCP/IP is installed
on your Computer
This document details how to check if your computer has TCP/IP
installed.
Introduction
to TCP/IP
How to Install TCP/IP on
your computer
What is the IP number of
your computer
| 1) |
Select the Start button, then the Settings
menu, and then the Control Panel from the Settings
menu. |
| 2) |
Double click on the "Network" icon. |
| 3) |
Look in the top list box in the Configuration tab. |
| 4) |
If you do not see an entry that starts with "TCP/IP"
then you have not installed TCP/IP. You can install it using
the
How to add TCP/IP
instructions. |
| 1) |
Select
the Start button, then the Settings menu, and
then the Control Panel from the Settings menu. |
| 2) |
Double
click on Network |
| 3) |
If a message
box comes up asking if you would like to install Networking,
then you can safely say that you do not have TCP/IP (or any
other networking protocol) installed. |
| 4) |
If, however,
a window comes up with your Network information, click on
the Protocols tab. |
| 5) |
Look through
the list and see if you can see TCP/IP Protocol |
| 6) |
If Yes,
then you already have TCP/IP installed, and you can close
all windows to return to your desktop. |
| 7) |
If No, then
see the document entitled
How
to add TCP/IP . |
In Windows 2000 it is not enough to determine if TCP/IP is
installed. Windows 2000 automatically detects whether your machine
is using TCP/IP, and disables it if it is not! So first you
must determine whether the machine has TCP/IP installed on a
modem or on a network connection or, of course, not at all.
In order to do this, please follow these simple instructions:
| 1) |
Select the Start
button, then the Settings menu, and then the Control
Panel from the Settings menu. |
| 2) |
Double click on Network
and Dial Up Connections. |
| 3) |
This should show a
window of all network related connections. i. If there
is only one icon called Make a New Connection, then
you don't have any network or dial up connections, and therefore,
no TCP/IP. For now, you can close all windows to return to
your desktop.
ii. If there are other icons, we need to determine
what they are. The simplest way is to go to View
on the main menu, and choose Details. This will
display some details of each connection. If there are
any that say LAN under Type, then we can
assume you have a network card installed. If there are
any that say Dial-up under Type, then
those are modems.
iii. If you don't have any LAN type connections, you
can close all windows to return to your desktop. Otherwise,
continue with step 4. |
| 4) |
Right click on the
any of the network (those that say LAN) icons and choose Properties. |
| 5) |
On the General tab,
look through the list and see if you can see Internet Protocol
TCP/IP. You will need to repeat steps 4 and 5 for all
LAN connections in the window. |
| 6) |
If it is there, you
have TCP/IP installed. If not, you don't have TCP/IP. |
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