Dell Wyse ThinOS Version 8.6 Administrator’s Guide

Configuring the general settings

1. From the desktop menu, click System Setup, and then click Network Setup.
   The Network Setup dialog box is displayed.
2. Click the General tab, and use the following guidelines:
   1. Select the network interface options based on your thin client model.
      • To set the default gateway on supported ThinOS platforms with Wireless LAN (WLAN) module, select the type of network interface from the following options:
        • ENET— Enables you to set up the Ethernet Wired Network connection using the onboard Ethernet port.
        • WLAN—Enabled you to set up a Wireless Network connection.

          

      • To set the default gateway on Wyse 5070 thin client contains any of the optional modules—Registered Jack 45 (RJ45) or Small form-factor pluggable (SFP) module, select the type of network interface from the following options:
        • ENET0— Enables you to set up the first Ethernet Wired Network connection using the onboard Ethernet port.
        • ENET1—Enables you to set up the second Ethernet Wired Network connection using the Ethernet port on the docking station.

          

      • To set the default gateway on the Wyse 5470 Thin Client with the Dell Docking Station WD19, select the type of network interface from the following options:
        • ENET0— Enables you to set up the first Ethernet Wired Network connection using the onboard Ethernet port.
        • ENET1—Enables you to set up the second Ethernet Wired Network connection using the Ethernet port on the docking station.
        • WLAN—Enables you to set up a Wireless Network connection.

          

      ThinOS supports the following network combinations on the Wyse 5470 Thin Client:

      • Onboard Ethernet port + Ethernet port on the docking station
      • Onboard Ethernet port + Wireless
      • Ethernet port on the docking station + Wireless
        NOTE: You do not need to reboot the system when you connect or disconnect the Dell WD 19 docking station for the network to work.

      You can connect your thin client to two wired network connections at the same time. The default gateway is determined by the user interface settings. However, user interface is not changed automatically.

      Onboard Ethernet port + Ethernet port on the docking station + Wireless—You can use the combination of these three network interfaces together. However, the following are the known issues while using this combination:

      • You can connect to the network using any two network interfaces and select the network interface that is not connected as default. The network can be used in this scenario, but the preferred network type cannot be determined.

        For example, you can connect to the network using the two Ethernet ports and select the WLAN option on the user interface as default without connecting to a wireless network. The network can be used in this scenario, but the preferred network type cannot be determined.

      • You can connect to the network using all three available network interfaces together. The preferred network type cannot be determined in this scenario.
   2. Use Static Name Servers—By default, this check box is not selected, and thin client fetches the server IP address from DHCP. Select this check box to manually assign static IP addresses.
      If name servers are changed using GUI, INI or link down/up, then the details are displayed in Event Logs.

      In dynamic mode, the DNS/WINS can be merged from Ethernet 0 and Ethernet 1, if network is not working.

      1. Enter the URL address of the DNS Domain in the DNS Domain box.
      2. Enter the IP address of the DNS Server in the DNS Server box.

         Use of DNS is optional. DNS allows you to specify remote systems by their host names rather than IP addresses. If a specific IP address (instead of a name) is entered for a connection, it is used to make the connection. Enter the DNS Domain and the network address of an available DNS Server. The function of the DNS Domain entry is to provide a default suffix to be used in name resolution. The values for these two boxes may be supplied by a DHCP server. If the DHCP server supplies these values, they replace any locally configured values. If the DHCP server does not supply these values, the locally configured values will be used.

         NOTE: You can enter up to 16 DNS Server addresses, separated by a semicolon, comma, or space. The first address is for the primary DNS server and the rest are secondary DNS servers or backup DNS servers.
      3. Enter the IP address of the WINS Server in the WINS Server box.

         Use of WINS is optional. Enter the network address of an available WINS name server. WINS allows you to specify remote systems by their host names rather than IP addresses. If a specific IP address (instead of a name) is entered for a connection, it is used to make the connection. These entries can be supplied through DHCP, if DHCP is used. DNS and WINS provide essentially the same function, name resolution. If both DNS and WINS are available, the thin client attempts to resolve the name using DNS first and then WINS.

         You can enter two WINS Server addresses (primary and secondary), separated by a semicolon, comma, or space.

   3. Enter the digit multiplier of 30 seconds in the TCP Timeout box to set the time-out value of a TCP connection. The value must be 1 or 2 which means the connection time-out value is from 1x30= 30 seconds to 2x30= 60 seconds. If the data for connecting to the server is not acknowledged and the connection is time out, setting the time-out period retransmits the sent data and again tries to connect to the server till the connection is established.
3. Click OK to save the settings.