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4In the New Hostname field, enter the hostname that you want to assign to the
appliance, and press Enter.
5In the New Netmask field, enter the netmask address that you want to assign
to the appliance system, and press Enter.
6Press CTRL-X to save your changes and return to the previous menu.
Changing the controller speed and transmission mode
You can change the speed and transmission mode of the primary network
interface controller any time after the initial setup.
▼Changing speed and transmission mode
1Select the setup menu and press Enter.
2Select nic and press Enter.
3From the list, choose a speed and mode and press Enter. Doing so causes a
message to appear indicating the change has been made but will not take
effect until the system is rebooted.
Changing the DNS address and domain name
You can change the DNS address and domain name used by the appliance.
▼Changing the DNS address
1Select the setup menu, and press Enter.
2Select dns and, press Enter. Doing so displays the current DNS address and
domain name.
3In the New DNS Address field, enter the DNS address that you want to
assign to the appliance, and press Enter.
4In the New Domainname field, enter the domain name that you want to
assign to the appliance, and press Enter.
5Press CTRL-X to save your changes and return to the previous screen.
Changing the gateway address
You can change the gateway address used by the appliance.
▼Changing the gateway address
1Select the setup menu, and press Enter.
2Select gateway, and press Enter. Doing so displays the current gateway
address and a field in which you can enter the new gateway address.
3In the New Gateway field, enter the gateway address that you want to assign
to the appliance, and press Enter.
4Press CTRL-X to save your changes and return to the previous screen.