Administrator Guide

Conguring wired network connection settings
To congure the wired connection settings, perform the following steps:
1 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
NOTE: After the network is disconnected, only hardware address and last used information are displayed.
2 On the lower-right corner of the page, click the Settings icon to congure the Wired Network connections.
a In the Details tab, the following attributes are displayed.
• IP Address
• Link Speed
• Hardware Address
• Default Route
• DNS
3 Click the Security tab to congure the 802.1x security settings.
a Click the ON button to enable the 802.1x Security for your network connection.
b From the Authentication drop-down list, select the type of authentication you want to set for your network connection. The
available options are:
• TLS
• Protected EAP (PEAP)
You must congure TLS and PEAP using the INI parameters only. Options that you congure using the INI parameters are
populated on the UI screen. For more information about the usage of INI parameters, see Dell Wyse ThinLinux INI Reference
Guide.
NOTE
: You cannot congure the 802.1x authentication settings using the GUI
options.
4 Click the Identity tab and congure 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 congured.
a Name—Species 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.
b MAC Address—Species the MAC address of the network connection.
c Cloned Address—Species the IP address that is cloned by the router.
d Maximum transmission unit (MTU)—Species the size (in bytes) of the largest protocol data unit that the protocol layer can
pass onwards.
e Firewall Zone—Species the security level of the connection.
f Connect automatically— Select this check box to automatically connect to the network after you plug-in the network wire.
g Make available to other users— Select this check box if you want to allow other users to congure these settings.
5 Click the IPv4 tab and do the following:
a Enable the IPv4 button to congure the IPv4 settings.
b From the Addresses drop-down menu, select the type of IPv4 conguration. The available options are:
• Automatic (DHCP)
• Manual
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