- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Copyright
- Introduction
- Getting started: Basics
- Configuring thin client settings locally
- Configuring
Connections locally
- Configuring and managing the browser connections
- Configuring and managing Citrix connections
- Configuring and managing VMware connections
- Configuring and managing RDP connections
- Configuring and managing the custom connections
- Configuring and managing the SSH connections
- Configuring and managing the VNC viewer connections
- Configuring and managing the Ericom PowerTerm connections
- Security settings
- Additional management configurations
- Viewing XTerm
- Imaging solutions
- Central Configuration: Automating Updates and Configurations
- DHCP options tags
- Mixed Environment Imaging – An Enhanced Method of Upgrading
Dell Wyse ThinLinux 1.0.3 Administrator’s Guide
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Configuring wired network connection settings
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Click the
Wired tab. The following attributes
are displayed if the network cable is connected to your thin client
and wired connection is established.
- IP Address
- Hardware Address
- Default Route
- DNS
- On the lower-right corner of the page, click the Settings icon to configure the Wired Network connections.
-
Click the
Security tab to configure
the 802.1x security settings.
- Click the ON button to enable the 802.1x Security for your network connection.
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From the
Authentication drop-down
list, select the type of authentication you want to set for your network
connection. The available options are:
- MDS
- TLS
- FAST
- Tunneled TLS
- Protected EAP (PEAP)
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If the authentication type is selected as
MD5, you must configure the following options:
Table 1. MD5 configuration. The following table lists the different parameters: Parameter
Description
Username
Enter the Username for the network connection.
Password
Enter the password you want to set for the connection.
Ask for this password every time
If this check box is selected, you will be prompted to enter the password every time when you connect to the network.
Show Password
Select this check box if you want to allow the user to view the hidden password.
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If the authentication type is selected
as
TLS, you must configure the following options.
Table 2. TLS. The following table lists the different parameters: Parameter
Description
Identity
Enter your Identity.
User certificate
Select the User certificate from the list or upload your personal certificate stored locally.
To upload your personal certificate, click the Folder icon, and then browse to the location where you have stored the certificate.
CA Certificate
Select the CA certificate from the list or upload your CA certificate stored locally.
To upload your CA certificate, click the Folder icon, and then browse to the location where you have stored the certificate.
Private key
Select the private key from the list or upload your private key stored locally.
To upload your private key, click the Folder icon, and then browse to the location where you have stored the certificate.
Private key password
Enter the password that you want to set for the private key.
Show Password
Select this check box if you want to allow the user to view the hidden password.
-
If the authentication type is selected
as
FAST, you must configure the following options.
Table 3. FAST. The following table lists the different parameters: Parameter
Description
Anonymous identity
Enter the username you want to set for Anonymous Authentication Identity.
PAC provisioning
Select this check box to enable the PAC provisioning authentication. From the drop-down list, select any of the following PAC provisioning options:
Anonymous – Select this option to establish a secure anonymous TLS communication with the client and provide it with a PAC.
Authenticated – Select this option to enable a secure server-side authentication and provide the client with a proxy auto-config (PAC) file.
Both – Select this option if you want to allow both Anonymous and Authenticated PAC provisioning.
PAC file
Select the PAC file from the list or upload your CA certificate stored locally.
To upload your PAC file, click the Folder icon, and then choose the certificate from the location where you have stored the certificate.
Inner authentication
From the drop-down list, select the inner authentication method you want to set. The available options are GTC and MSCHAPv2.
Username
Enter the Username for the network connection.
Password
Enter the password you want to set for the connection.
Ask for this password every time
If this check box is selected, you will be prompted to enter the password every time when you connect to the network.
Show Password
Select this check box if you want to allow the user to view the hidden password.
-
If the authentication type is selected
as
Tunneled TLS, you must configure the following options.
Table 4. Tunneled TLS. The following table lists the different parameters: Parameter
Description
Anonymous identity
Enter the username that you want to set for Anonymous Authentication Identity.
CA certificate
Select the CA certificate from the list or upload your CA certificate stored locally.
To upload your CA certificate, click the Folder icon, and then browse to the location where you have stored the certificate.
Inner authentication
From the drop-down list, select the inner authentication method that you want to set. The available options are GTC and MSCHAPv2.
Username
Enter the Username for the network connection.
Password
Enter the password that you want to set for the connection.
Ask for this password every time
If this check box is selected, you will be prompted to enter the password every time when you connect to the network.
Show Password
Select this check box if you want to allow the user to view the hidden password.
-
If the Authentication type is selected as
Protected EAP (PEAP), you must configure the following options.
Table 5. Protected EAP (PEAP) . The following table lists the different parameters: Parameter
Description
Anonymous identity
Enter the username you want to set for Anonymous Authentication Identity.
CA certificate
Select the CA certificate from the list or upload your CA certificate stored locally.
To upload your CA certificate, click the Folder icon, and then browse to the location where you have stored the certificate.
PEAP version
Inner authentication
From the drop-down list, select the inner authentication method that you want to set. The available options are GTC and MSCHAPv2.
Username
Enter the Username for the network connection.
Password
Enter the password that you want to set for the connection.
Ask for this password every time
If this check box is selected, you will be prompted to enter the password every time when you connect to the network.
Show Password
Select this check box if you want to allow the user to view the hidden password.
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Click the
Identity tab and configure
the following settings:
- NOTE: Only Administrators are allowed to authenticate these settings by entering the admin password in the root privilege authentication dialog box after a particular setting is changed or configured.
- Name— Specifies the default name of the wired connection. If you want to set your preferred name for the connection, enter the name and then click Apply.
- MAC Address— Specifies the MAC address of the network connection.
- Cloned Address— Specifies the IP address that is cloned by the router.
- Maximum transmission unit (MTU)— Specifies the size (in bytes) of the largest protocol data unit that the protocol layer can pass onwards.
- Connect automatically— Select this check box to automatically connect to the network after you plug-in the network wire.
- Make available to other users— Select this check box if you want to allow other users to configure these settings.
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Click the
IPv4 tab and do the following:
- Enable the IPv4 button to configure the IPv4 settings.
-
From the
Addresses drop-down menu,
select the type of IPv4 configuration. The available options are:
- Automatic (DHCP)
- Manual
- Link-Local Only
-
If
Automatic (DHCP) option is selected,
you must configure the following options.
Table 6. Automatic (DHCP) . The following table lists the different parameters: Parameter
Description
DNS
Enable the Automatic button, if you want the thin client to automatically fetch the DNS Server.
Server
Specifies the IP address of the DNS Server.
Click the + icon to add a new DNS server to the list.
Routes
Enable the Automatic button to turn on the automatic IPv4 routing.
Address
Specifies the Router IP address.
Netmask
Specifies the Netmask. Netmask is used to divide an IP address into subnets and specify the network's available hosts.
Gateway
Specifies the IP address of the default Gateway.
Metric
Specifies the Metric value for the network connection.
Use this connection only for resources on its network
Select this check box, if you want to allow the wired connection only for resources on its network.
- If Manual option is selected, you must specify the IP address, Netmask IP and Gateway IP along with the parameters mentioned in Table 1: Automatic (DHCP).
- If Link-Local Only option is selected, the DNS and Routes options are disabled. This is applicable only for communications within the host link or the host domain.
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Click the
IPv6 tab and do the following:
- Enable the IPv6 button to configure the IPv6 settings.
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From the
Addresses drop-down menu,
select the type of IPv6 configuration. The available options are:
- Automatic
- Automatic, DHCP only
- Manual
- Link-Local Only
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Click the
Reset tab and do the following:
- Click Reset to reset the settings for your network connection, including passwords. However, the previous network is displayed as a preferred network.
- Click Forget to remove all details relating to this network that you do not want to automatically connect to.
- Click Apply to save your configured settings.
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