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8.1.2 To access on the level of the Internet
When you are away from home, you can access the digital receiver inside your home if your router is configured to route access to the digital receiver by means of port forwarding. Via this feature, your router will lead you to the digital receiver when you access your router with its IP address.
Your router may be assigned to a dynamic IP address by an Internet service provider. So if the router has rebooted, you cannot access it unless someone in your home can inform you of the changed IP address. However, many routers support Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS) service, which can settle this problem.
If you use a DDNS service, you can access your router with a domain name. The instructions on how to use the DDNS service are as follows: