Administrator Guide

● Add—Use this option to add and configure a new SSID connection. You can configure the SSID connection from the
available security type options. After you configure the SSID connection, the added SSID connection is listed on the
WLAN tab.
● Remove—Use this option to remove an SSID connection from the list.
● Scan—Use this option to allow your thin client to scan and identify a wireless network connection.
● Connect—Use this option to join a wireless network from the list.
● Properties—Use this option to view and configure the authentication properties of an SSID connection that is displayed
in the list.
● IPv4 Config—Click this option to configure the IPv4 settings for the wireless connection.
To set IPv4 connection using either DHCP or static IP address, configure any one of the following options:
○ If you want to enable your thin client to automatically receive information from the DHCP server, click Dynamically
allocated over DHCP/BOOTP.
○ If you want to manually configure the IP address, click Statically specified IP Address, and provide the IPv4 details.
● IPv6 Config—Click this option to configure the IPv6 settings for the wireless connection.
a. To enable the wireless IPv6, click the IPv6 slider switch.
b. To set IPv6 connection using either DHCP or static IP address, configure any one of the following options:
○ If you want to enable your thin client to automatically receive information from the DHCP server, click
Dynamically allocated over DHCP/BOOTP.
○ If you want to manually configure the IP address, click Statically specified IP Address, and provide the IPv6
details.
● Disable Wireless Device—Select this check box to disable a wireless device.
○ Always—Click this radio button if you want to keep the wireless options always disabled.
○ EnetUp—Click this radio button if you want to disable the wireless device whenever the wired network is connected.
3. Click OK to save your settings.
NOTE:
If you have connected to Wi-Fi on a ThinOS device that is connected to the Dell WD19 docking station, you
may not be able to connect to Wi-Fi again after the ThinOS firmware update is installed and your device is automatically
restarted. To resolve this issue, you must restart the ThinOS client again.
Enable captive portal detection for wireless
When you attempt to connect to WiFi, a web page is displayed to verify the authenticated users, before Internet access is
granted. ThinOS supports a captive portal that is based on HTTP redirect. Any captive portal that is based on DNS redirect or
ICMP redirect is not supported in the current ThinOS release. If an OPT (options) record with DNS resource record (RR) type
41 is available in a received DNS response, the same OPT record must be available in the Additional records section. ThinOS 9.1
does not support the DNS response with an OPT record that is available in the Answer section.
Steps
1. Open the Admin Policy Tool on ThinOS or go to the ThinOS 9.x policy settings on Wyse Management Suite.
2. Click the Advanced tab and expand Network Configuration.
3. Click Wireless.
4. On the Global Wireless Settings page, click the Enable Captive Portal Detection toggle switch. Enabling this feature
allows the ThinOS client to display the captive portal web page when you attempt to connect to WiFi.
5. In the Captive Portal Detection Interval Time field, specify the session timeout.
6. Click the Allow HTTP protocol redirection toggle switch if you want to use the HTTP protocol for redirecting to the
captive portal web page.
7. Specify the captive portal detection URL. If the URL is not configured, the system default URL is used.
8. Restart your thin client for settings to take effect.
NOTE: If your thin client is connected to a wired network, you must set the default gateway to WLAN0.
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