Thecus Technology N8800 - Manual (Page 46)

Network Management
Use the Network menu to make network configuration settings as well as service
support settings.
WAN Configuration
From the Network menu, choose WAN,
and the WAN Configuration screen
appears. This screen displays the network
parameters of the WAN connection. You
may change any of these items and press
Apply to confirm your settings. See a
description of each item in the following
ble: ta
WAN Configuration
Item Description
Host name
Host name that identifies the N8800 on the network.
Domain name Specifies the domain name of the N8800.
MAC Address MAC address of the network interface.
Jumbo Frame Support ble Jumbo Frame Support of the WAN interface on Enable or disa
your N8800.
DHCP
c IP, disable this feature and
Enable or disable the N8800 from obtaining in IP address via
DHCP server. If you require a stati
input your network configuration.
IP IP address of the WAN interface.
Netmask Network mask, which is generally: 255.255.255.0
Gateway Default Gateway IP address.
DNS Server Domain Name Service (DNS) server IP address.
IP Sharing Mode LAN port will be able to When enabled, PCs connected to the
access the WAN. Default is Enabled.
Link Aggregation
(N8800 only)
WAN and LAN ports will be aggregated and
Ethernet traffic will flow alternative between two
age two Ethernet ports in parallel to increase
throughput.
Specifies whether
act as one port.
Failover: When one port fails, the other one will take over.
Load Balance:
Ethernet ports.
802.3ad: Link
NOTE •
TP
•
the other end of
Ethernet cable also supports 802.3ad protocol.
Only use Jumbo Frame settings when operating in a Gigabit
environment where all other clients have Jumbo Frame Setting
enabled.
Enabling DHCP au
• tomatically turns on UPnP—see the Service
Support Screen.
If you are only using the WAN port, we suggest that
• you disable IP
Sharing Mode. This will result in higher throughput.
A correct D
• NS setting is vital to networks services, such as SM
and NTP.
To use the Link Aggregation with “802.3ad selected” feature,
please make sure the networking equipment on
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