Chapter 7 System Screens

 

Table 23 System > General

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

First DNS Server

Select From DHCP if your DHCP server dynamically assigns DNS

 

Second DNS

server information (and the NWA's Ethernet IP address). The field to

 

the right displays the (read-only) DNS server IP address that the

 

Server

 

DHCP assigns.

 

 

 

Third DNS Server

Select User-Definedif you have the IP address of a DNS server.

 

 

 

 

Enter the DNS server's IP address in the field to the right. If you

 

 

chose User-Defined, but leave the IP address set to 0.0.0.0, User-

 

 

Defined changes to None after you click Apply. If you set a second

 

 

choice to User-Defined, and enter the same IP address, the second

 

 

User-Definedchanges to None after you click Apply.

 

 

Select None if you do not want to configure DNS servers. If you do

 

 

not configure a DNS server, you must know the IP address of a

 

 

machine in order to access it.

 

 

The default setting is None.

 

 

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes.

 

 

 

 

Reset

Click Reset to reload the previous configuration for this screen.

 

 

 

7.5 Configuring the Password

It is strongly recommended that you change your NWA’s password. Click SYSTEM

>Password. The screen appears as shown.

If you forget your NWA’s password (or IP address), you will need to reset the device. See the section on resetting the NWA for details

 

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