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linenumberstrue
Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : pham
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetLink (TM) Fast Ethernet
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-C5-7F-D4-07
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.177
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : March 13, 2009 11:25:09 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : March 14, 2009 11:25:09 AM

Do a ping to verify that no other device is using the IP address. In this example we want to use 192.168.0.50,

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ping 192.168.0.50 -c3
From 192.168.0.183 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.0.183 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.0.183 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable

--- 192.168.0.4 ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 0 received, +3 errors, 100% packet loss, time 2025ms

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