Dell Wyse ThinOS C10LE Administrator's Manual page 46

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Use the following guidelines for the Name Servers tab:
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Use the following guidelines for the Options tab:
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DNS Domain and DNS Servers - Use of DNS is optional. DNS allows you 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 DNS will be used to
make the connection. Enter the DNS Domain and the network address of an
available DNS Server. The function of the DNS Domain entry is to provide a default
suffix to be used in name resolution. The values for these two boxes may be
supplied by a DHCP server. If the DHCP server supplies these values, they will
replace any locally configured values. If the DHCP server does not supply these
values, the locally configured values will be used.
TIP: You may enter two DNS Server addresses, separated by a semicolon, comma,
or space. The first address is for the primary DNS server and the second is for a
backup DNS server.
WINS Servers - Use of WINS is optional. Enter the network address of an available
WINS name server. WINS allows you 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
can be supplied through DHCP if DHCP is used. DNS and WINS provide essentially
the same function, name resolution. If both DNS and WINS are available, the thin
client will attempt to resolve the name using DNS first and then WINS.
TIP: You can enter two WINS Server addresses (primary and secondary), separated
by a semicolon, comma, or space.
DHCP Option IDs - Enter the supported DHCP options (each value can only be
used once and must be between 128 and 254). For information on DHCP options,
refer to "Step 2: Direct the Thin Client to the Server Using DHCP Options."
Interpret DHCP Vendor-Specific Info - Automatically interprets Vendor
information.