It is necessary to connect a crossover network cable to the NIC of the management station (e.g. a laptop PC) and to the NIC on the IPBricks computer. (Figure4.1).
In this scenario, the network configuration of the management station may be set to receive automatic IP address and DNS configuration - DHCP client.
In the following configuration example we will be using a laptop computer installed with the MS Windows XP operating sistem.
The configuration received from the DHCP is: