Users Guide

• Default Route
• DNS
4. Click the Security tab to configure 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 configure TLS and PEAP using the INI parameters only. Options that you configure 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 configure the 802.1x authentication settings using the GUI options.
5. 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.
a) 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.
b) MAC Address—Specifies the MAC address of the network connection.
c) Cloned Address—Specifies the IP address that is cloned by the router.
d) Maximum transmission unit (MTU)—Specifies the size (in bytes) of the largest protocol data unit that the protocol layer can
pass onwards.
e) Firewall Zone—Specifies 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 configure these settings.
6. Click the IPv4 tab and do the following:
a) Enable the IPv4 button to configure the IPv4 settings.
b) From the Addresses drop-down menu, select the type of IPv4 configuration. The available options are:
• Automatic (DHCP)
• Manual
• Link-Local Only
c) If Automatic (DHCP) option is selected, you must configure the following options.
Table 4. Automatic (DHCP)
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.
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