PLANET NAS-7450 - Manual (Page 28)

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4.2 TCP/IP Settings
TCP/IP handles network communications between network nodes that are connected to the
network. It is important to setting up correct TCP/IP setting that for NAS server to function
properly.
Network Teaming Mode
The NAS server provides two on-board 10/100/1000 or Gigabit Ethernet ports (LAN1 & LAN2).
You can configure the Ethernet ports using the following operating modes:
Stand Alone: Each LAN1 & LAN2 are configured with a unique IP address, which are
independent to each other.
Fault Tolerance: Uses LAN2 to take over for the LAN1 if LAN1 is fail to connect to the network
which designed to ensure server availability to the network.
Load Balancing: Offers increased network bandwidth by allowing transmission to multiple
destination addresses using both LAN1 and LAN2. If the traffic of one of the LAN port starts to
get congested, requests are then forwarded to the other LAN port with more capacity until the
traffic of both LAN ports start to get balance. Note that only the LAN1 Ethernet port receives
incoming traffic.
Load Balancing: also incorporates Fault Tolerance protection.
Link Aggregation: combines both LAN1 & LAN2 into a single channel, appearing to use a
single MAC address to provide greater bandwidth. It must be used with a network switch
having the Link Aggregation or Trucking function.
Wake-On-LAN:
NAS server also supports Wake-On-LAN (available for LAN2 only). Wake-On-LAN allows
administrators to remotely power on your NAS server to perform maintenance task on the
server with no need to go to the server physically.
Configuring TCP/IP Settings
1. Select a “Network Teaming Mode” from the pull-down menu that suit you need.
2. Enable or Disable “Wake On LAN” (Available for LAN2 only).
3. Click the “Obtain IP settings automatically” radio button to obtain IP addresses of your NAS
server from DHCP, BOOP or RARP server on the network.
4. Or, click the “Use the following IP settings” radio button to assign the IP addresses manually.
5. Note that LAN3 IP address field will appear only when the optional Gigabit Ethernet adapter
is installed in your system.
6. Input the “WINS server IP address”.
7. Input the “DNS server IP address”.
8. Input the “DNS Suffix”.