Installation guide

Network services 30-18
Chapter 30: Understanding Wave Data Networking
Wave Global Administrator Guide
Wave as DNS client
The Internet and most private networks rely on DNS to provide name resolution service to all
clients and servers. Since Wave has to know how to resolve outside Internet addresses, it needs
the DNS service or a proxy server. Configure Wave as a DNS client when another server in your
network performs DNS services.
Wave as WINS client
Configure Wave as a WINS client when you want the WINS server to resolve client-computer
requests for names mapped to IP addresses for file, print, and application traffic.
DHCP relays
If your Wave Server is connected to an external DHCP server, and you wish to use the DHCP
server for the subnets connected to the Wave Server, you must configure Wave as a DHCP relay.
The DHCP relay agent is a component of RRAS. The Relay Agent allows Wave to forward
requests for IP address assignment, using DHCP, from a routed subnet on one Ethernet hub card
to a separate DHCP server on another subnet.
Configure DHCP relays if your clients and the DHCP server are on a different routed subnet or
network.
You do not need to configure the DHCP relay agent if you have a large network with DHCP
servers on each subnet. DHCP Relay will not work if DHCP Server is running on the same
system.
Release 2.0
September 2010