Dell Wyse 3040 Thin Client User Guide

Configuring wired network connection settings

1. Click the Wired tab. The following attributes are displayed if the network cable is connected to your thin client and wired connection is established.
   • IPv4 Address
   • IPv6 Address
   • Hardware Address
   • Default Route
   • DNS
     NOTE: After the network is disconnected, only hardware address and last used information are displayed.
2. On the lower-right corner of the page, click the Settings icon to configure the Wired Network connections.
3. Click the Details tab to view the following attributes:
   • Link Speed
   • IPv4 Address
   • IPv6 Address
   • Hardware Address
   • Default Route
   • DNS
4. Click the Security tab to configure the 802.1x security settings.
   1. Click the ON button to enable the 802.1x Security for your network connection.
   2. 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.
   1. 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.
   2. MAC Address—Specifies the MAC address of the network connection.
   3. Cloned Address—Specifies the IP address that is cloned by the router.
   4. Maximum transmission unit (MTU)—Specifies the size (in bytes) of the largest protocol data unit that the protocol layer can pass onwards.
   5. Firewall Zone—Specifies the security level of the connection.
   6. Connect automatically— Select this check box to automatically connect to the network after you plug-in the network wire.
   7. 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:
   1. Enable the IPv4 button to configure the IPv4 settings.
   2. From the Addresses drop-down menu, select the type of IPv4 configuration. The available options are:
      • Automatic (DHCP)
      • Manual
      • Link-Local Only
   3. If Automatic (DHCP) option is selected, you must configure the following options.

      Table 1. Automatic (DHCP) The following table lists the different parameters:

      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.

   4. If Manual option is selected, you must specify the IP address, Netmask IP and Gateway IP along with the parameters mentioned in the Automatic (DHCP) table.
   5. 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.
7. Click the IPv6 tab and do the following:
   1. Enable the IPv6 button to configure the IPv6 settings.
   2. From the Addresses drop-down menu, select the type of IPv6 configuration. The available options are:
      • Automatic
      • Automatic, DHCP only
      • Manual
      • Link-Local Only

      The IPv6 configuration is similar to configuring the IPv4 Settings. For IPv4 configuration, see the IPv4 settings in this section.
8. Click the Reset tab and do the following:
   1. Click Reset to reset the settings for your network connection, including passwords. However, the previous network is displayed as a preferred network.
   2. Click Forget to remove all details relating to this network that you do not want to automatically connect to.
9. Click Apply to save your configured settings.