Configuration with Advanced Setup
Activating dynamic DNS
A service which you wish to provide on the Internet can be accessed by a Domain name. Your router's Public IP address is assigned to this Domain name. If your Internet Service Provider assigns the IP address for your local network's WAN connection dynamically, then the IP address of the router may change. The assignment to the Domain name will no longer be valid and your service will no longer be available.
In this case you must ensure that the assignment of the IP address to the Domain name is regularly updated. This is handled by the dynamic DNS Service (DynDNS). You can use the DynDNS service to assign your Gigaset Router an individual static Domain name on the Internet even if it does not have a static IP address.
There are various providers on the Internet offering free DynDNS Service. The Gigaset SE505 dsl/cable uses the DynDNS Service from DynDNS.org (http://www.DynDNS.org). If you use the service of this DynDNS provider, then your service can be reached on the Internet as a subdomain of one of the DynDNS.org domains.
If you have activated the router's DynDNS function, it will monitor its public IP address. When this changes, it will open a connection to DynDNS.org and update its IP address there.
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You have to open an account with DynDNS.org before you can use the router's DynDNS function. Follow the instructions on the DynDNS.org website. Then enter the account user data when configuring the router.
◆To use the router's DynDNS function, select Dynamic DNS in the Virtual server menu.
◆Enter the User name, Password and Domain name. You will have received these from DynDNS.org when you registered. A typical domain name might be: my_domain.dyndns.org
◆Click on APPLY to apply the settings.
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