Netgear RNDP6620D-200 – ReadyNAS® Pro 6, 12TB Unified Storage System Software Guide

Global Network Settings

The hostname you specify is used to advertise the ReadyNAS on your network. You can use 
the hostname to address the ReadyNAS in place of the IP address when accessing the 
ReadyNAS from Windows, or over OS X using SMB. This name also appears in the RAIDar 
scan list. 

The default hostname is nas- followed by the last 3 bytes of its primary MAC address.

The default gateway specifies the IP address of the system where your network traffic is 
routed if the destination is outside your subnet. In most homes and smaller offices, this is the 
IP address of the router connected to the cable modem, or your DSL service. 

If you selected the DHCP option in the Ethernet screen, the default gateway field is 
automatically populated with the setting from your DHCP server. If you selected the static 
option, you can manually specify the IP address of the default gateway server here.

The DNS area allows you to specify up to three domain name service servers for hostname 
resolution. The DNS service translates host names into IP addresses. 

If you selected the DHCP option in the Ethernet screen, the Domain Name Server fields are 
automatically populated with the DNS settings from your DHCP server. If you selected the 
static option, you can manually specify the IP addresses of the DNS servers and the domain 
name here.