Administrator Guide
e If Link-Local Only option is selected, the DNS and Routes options are disabled. This is applicable only for communications within
the host link or the host domain.
6 Click the IPv6 tab and do the following:
a Enable the IPv6 button to congure the IPv6 settings.
b From the Addresses drop-down menu, select the type of IPv6 conguration. The available options are:
• Automatic
• Automatic, DHCP only
• Manual
• Link-Local Only
The IPv6 conguration is similar to conguring the IPv4 Settings. For IPv4 conguration, see the IPv4 settings in this section.
7 Click the Reset tab and do the following:
a Click Reset to reset the settings for your network connection, including passwords. However, the previous network is displayed
as a preferred network.
b Click Forget to remove all details relating to this network that you do not want to automatically connect to.
8 Click Apply to save your congured settings.
NOTE: Click the Add Prole tab to add a new network prole. On the right pane, you must congure the following options:
• Security
• Identity
• IPv4
• IPv6
The conguration of all these tabs are similar to Wired Network connections congurations described in this section.
Conguring the network proxy settings
To congure the Network proxy settings, complete the following task:
1 Click the Network proxy tab.
2 From the Proxy drop-down menu, select the type of Proxy method you want to deploy. The available Proxy methods are:
• None
• Manual
• Automatic
3 If Manual proxy method is selected, you must congure the following options:
a Enter the HTTP Proxy port details for your network connection.
b Enter the HTTPS Proxy port details for your network connection.
c Enter the FTP Proxy port details for your network connection.
d Enter the SOCKS host port details for your network connection.
e Use the Ignore Hosts option to set up proxy to ignore all local addresses.
4 If Automatic proxy method is selected, you must type the conguration URL address in the eld.
NOTE
: Web Proxy Autodiscovery is used when a Conguration URL is not provided. Dell does not recommend this
option for untrusted public networks.
Adding a network connection
NOTE
: Adding additional wired Ethernet connections is allowed but the added interface is not used in any of the ThinLinux
features.
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