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How To Configure DHCP with IP Addresses for DNS and WINS Servers
Part of the information the DHCP server on the IT-100 can automatically
assign to workstation computers on your Local Area Network or Wireless
network is the IP addresses of the Primary
and Secondary DNS servers and the Primary
and Secondary WINS servers
A Domain Name Service or DNS server
resolves a domain name to an IP address. In other words, when someone
at a workstation on your network opens a web browser and attempts to reach
a domain such as www.emergecore.com, the workstation requests the assigned
DNS server resolve the domain name www.emergecore.com
to the IP address of the domain
(such as 65.37.119.193) so the
two computers can connect and exchange information. If the workstation
does not have the IP address of at least one DNS server, it cannot connect
to any site or service by its domain name
A Windows Internet Naming Service or
WINS server resolves a NetBIOS
name to an IP address on a Windows network. Older Windows operating
systems such as Windows 95, Windows 98, and
Windows NT use NetBIOS names as host names and require a WINS server
in order to other access other computers and services on the network.
Windows 2000 and Windows XP operating
systems only use DNS for name to address resolution
The IT-100 provides both DNS and WINS
services and it is recommended
that you make the IT-100 your Primary
DNS and WINS server. However, you can have separate servers providing
DNS and/or WINS on your network and you can configure the IT-100 to automatically
assign the addresses of those servers to any workstation computer on your
LAN or Wireless Network. To configure the DNS and WINS server IP addresses
you want DHCP to assign to computers on your network:
Go to CoreVista
Web Click DHCP
in the left-hand sidebar menu Click the Global
Settings file under the DHCP folder
in the menu
The Global Settings
page appears Note:
you will notice several fields you can configure including Domain,
Max Lease Time, Primary
and Secondary DNS and Primary
and Secondary WINS
Type the IP address
of the Primary DNS server on your
network in the Primary DNS field.
By default, it is the IP address of the IT-100's LAN interface Type the IP address
of the Secondary DNS server on
your network in the Secondary DNS field.
By default, it is the IP address of the IT-100's Wireless interface Type the IP address
of the Primary WINS server on
your network in the Primary WINS field.
By default it is the IP address of the IT-100's LAN interface Type the IP address
of the Secondary WINS server on
your network in the Secondary WINS field.
By default it is the IP address of the IT-100's Wireless interface
Note:
you can change the Domain name
and Max Lease Time in the Global DHCP Values box, although it
is not recommended. The Max Lease Time is the amount of time
a particular workstation computer is automatically assigned a specific
IP address by the IT-100. You rarely
have to adjust this setting since IP
address leases are automatically renewed before the lease has expired
so workstation computers continuously have dynamic IP addresses assigned.
Click EDIT
The page will refresh and red
text will appear above the Global
DHCP Values box stating that Global
DHCP Values saved Note:
You can quickly enable or disable DHCP services on this page by clicking
either the Enabled or Disable
links directly above the Global DHCP
Values box
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