Managing the System
Administration
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Subnet Mask
—S ubn et mask of this interfac e.
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Gateway
—IP address of the network gateway device.
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MAC Addres s
—MAC ad dress of this inter fac e.
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Speed
—N egotiated or sp ecified link sp eed .
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MTU
—Maxim um Tr ans mis s ion Unit (MT U) for this inter fac e.
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Link
—Sta tus of this inter fac e. A green light indicates that the interfac e is
active. If only one NIC is used, the web interface will not show the other link
as down or not i n use. It wi ll only show both NICs if the NSS is configured as
a standalone from the discovery tool.
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Edit
—Allows you to turn off DHCP, specify a static IP address, enable the
NAS to be a DHCP server, and allows you to specify lin k speed or set it to
auto negotiation. When you click
Edit
, the TCP/IP-Property window opens
and the following options are available:
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Network Speed
—From the drop-d ow n list, s elect from the following
options:
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Auto-negotiation
—Allows the server to adjust transfer rates
automatically.
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1000 Mbps full-duplex
—Sets this transfer rate.
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100 Mbps full-duplex
—S ets this tran sfer rate.
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Obtain IP address settings automatically via DHCP
—Select to enabl e the
NAS to acquire the IP addres s from a DHCP ser ver.
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Use sta tic IP addr ess
—Sel e ct to e n a bl e t h e NAS to u se a s t a t i c I P a dd r ess.
Enter the static IP addres s , su bnet ma sk, and default gateway.
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Enable DHCP Server
—I f DH CP i s n o t a va i l a ble i n the LAN wh e r e the NAS i s
located, you can enable this function to enable the NAS as a DHCP server
and allocate dynamic IP address to DHCP clients in the LAN.
You can set the range of IP addresses allocat ed by the DHCP server and the
lease time. Lease time refers to the time that the IP address is leased to the
clients by the DHCP server. When the time expires, the client has to acquire
an IP address again.