Understanding How To Configure Your Network Services; Using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (Dhcp); Using Domain Name System (Dns) - NEC Express5800 Series User Manual

Chapter 7 Establishing a Server Environment
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Understanding How to Configure Your Network Services

Network services used by the thin client can include DHCP and DNS. How you configure your network services depends
on what you have available in your environment and how you want to design and manage it.
The following topics in this section provide important information to help you configure your network services:
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Using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

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Using Domain Name System (DNS)

1.1
Using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
A thin client is initially configured to obtain its IP address and network configurations from a DHCP server (new thin client
or a thin client reset to default configurations). Using DHCP to configure and upgrade thin clients is recommended and
saves you the time and effort needed to complete these processes locally on multiple thin clients. If a DHCP server is not
available, fixed IP addresses can be assigned and must be entered locally for each device.
For more information about configuring a DHCP server, see documentation on the Microsoft website at:
http://www.microsoft.com.
1.2
Using Domain Name System (DNS)
Thin clients accept valid DNS names registered on a DNS server available to the enterprise intranet. The thin client will
query a DNS server on the network for name to IP resolution. 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.
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