ioSafe R4 WINS

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If you had selected the DHCP option in the Ethernet tab, the domain name server fields will be

automatically populated with the DNS settings from your DHCP server. If you had selected the

Static option, you can manually specify the IP addresses of the DNS servers an d the domain name

here.

WINS

The WINS option allows you to specify the IP address of the WINS (Windows Internet Naming

Service) server. A WINS server is typically a Windows server on the network that will allow the

ioSafe R4 or other devices on the network to be (Windows) browsed from other subnets.

If you do not have an existing WINS server, you can designate the ioSafe R4 to be one. Simply

select the

Become a WINS server

checkbox and configure your Windows PC to specify the ioSafe

R4 IP address as the WINS server. This can be useful if you wish to browse by hostname across

multiple subnets, i.e. over VPN.