Specifications

Establishing a Server Environment 17
Configuring DNS
In most cases DNS is not required but may be used to allow hosts to be accessed by their
registered DNS names rather than their IP addresses. Every Windows DNS server in
Windows 2000 and later includes Dynamic DNS (DDNS) and every server registers
dynamically with the DNS server. There are also DDNS implementations available for
*NIX environments. However, the thin client does not do dynamic registration and
therefore, requires a static or non-variant IP address and manual DNS registration in order
to provide LPD support by name (for example, in the case where the thin client is used as
an LPD printer server or if DHCP is not available). For DHCP entry of DNS domain and
server location information, refer to "Configuring DHCP."
Configuring WINS
The thin client does not do dynamic registration and therefore, requires a static or
non-variant IP address and manual Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS)
registration. Use the network address of an available WINS name server. WINS allows the
thin client user to specify remote systems by their host names rather than IP addresses. If
a specific IP address (instead of a name) is entered for a connection, it rather than WINS
will be used to make the connection. These entries are supplied through DHCP if DHCP is
used.
Note
You may use two WINS server addresses, separated by a semicolon,
comma, or space. The first address is for the primary WINS server and the
second is for a backup WINS server.
Configuring Wyse Device Manager Servers
Wyse Device Manager (formerly known as Rapport) servers provide network
management services to the thin client. Use the IP addresses or host names with optional
TCP port number for Wyse Device Manager servers. Each entry with optional port number
is specified in the form IP:port or name:port, where :port is optional; if not specified, port
80 is used.