Administrator Guide

Getting Started | 11

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System Settings -

These are the display, sound, keyboard, mouse, printer

and date/time configurations for your terminal. Also under the System

section is the ability to set an administrative password for the control panel

and change the local storage mode.

Network Tools

The toolbar along the top of the

Control Panel

window contains a button named

Network Tools

. Clicking this button will open a separate, smaller window that

provides you with current network status and useful diagnostic programs.

Interface Status

Click the

Interface Status

tab along the top of the

Network Tools

window to

view the IP address that is currently assigned to this terminal. The MAC

Address for this machine is also reported on this screen.

Diagnostics

If you are experiencing difficulty connecting to servers on certain segments of

your LAN, then you may want to use the ping command to verify you are

reaching specific servers and/or gateways on the subnet in question. To use

ping:

Select the

Diagnostics

tab from the

Network Tools

window.

In the

Host Address

field, type in the IP address or website you want

to test against and then press the

Ping

button.