Administrator Guide

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.

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.

c) 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.

Configure the DHCP options

To configure the options settings:

1. From the desktop menu, click System Setup, and then click Network Setup.

The Network Setup dialog box is displayed.

2. Click the Options tab, and use the following guidelines:

Configuring connectivity