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2 Getting Started
This chapter provides information to help you quickly get started using your thin client. It
describes basic thin client functions and provides instructions on using the Desktop and
Connect Manger to manage the connections and applications available for you to use.
What Happens When You Turn on Your Thin Client
What you see, initially, when you turn on or reboot your thin client, depends on your
method of access to the enterprise intranet and how your network administrator has set up
your account. With Wyse Thin OS software, your thin client can also be turned on by the
Wake-On-LAN feature. Using this feature, an administrator can turn on the thin client
connection by using a LAN message that the thin client recognizes on a single Ethernet
subnet.
Accessing the Enterprise Servers Available
There are five basic methods of access to the enterprise server environment available to
the thin client. Except for Ethernet Direct, all of the access methods require that some
local settings be made on the thin client. These settings cannot be automated because the
thin client has not yet accessed Global and User profiles. For certain privileges, these
local settings are retained and are available for the next thin client system start. Activating
these local settings and the defined connections can also be automated at thin client
system start.
Methods of access include:
• Ethernet Direct - This is a connection from the thin client Ethernet port directly to the
enterprise intranet. No additional hardware is required. An account sign-on dialog box
displays if required, then either the desktop or an application window opens (the
application window opens, with or without a session server logon requirement, if set by
the administrator to open automatically). User profiles normally are used in this mode
and are accessed automatically. However, if the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
(DHCP) - a protocol for assigning dynamic IP addresses to devices on a network - is
not available on the enterprise intranet, the location of the file server where user
profiles are located must be entered in the Network Setup dialog box. For information
on the Network Setup dialog box, refer to "Configuring Network Settings."
• Wireless Direct - If a wireless network device is connected to the thin client but a
wireless connection has not yet been configured, the Wireless Setup dialog box opens.
When a connection is established, the behavior is the same as for an Ethernet Direct
connection, including automatic access to user profiles through DHCP. For information
on the Wireless Setup dialog box, refer to "Setting Up Wireless Access."
• PPPoE - The PPPoE Manager dialog box is available from the desktop to configure
and invoke PPPoE connection to WAN. Once connected, all WAN packets go though a
PPP connection over Ethernet to the DSL modem. The PPPoE Manager is not
accessible for users with sign-on privilege set to None. Open the PPPoE Manager