Sierra Wireless 20070914 4. Optional: Dynamic IP Address

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Addressescanbeenteredindecimalorhex.AceManagerwill
translatehexentriesintodecimal.Thenumberbeforethe“=”is
ID,thenumberafteristheIPaddress.Therecanbeatotalof
100remoteID/Localaddressesenteredintothemodem.
WhenusingATcommandsviatelnetordirectserial
connection,useATML IST fordecimalIDsandATML IST Xfor
hexidecimal.Forexample,iftheIDis27andtheIPis
123.123.123.124,youwouldenteritas
ATMLIST27=123.123.123.124orATMLISTX1B=123.123.123.124.
4. Optional: Dynamic IP Address
IfyoudonothaveastaticIP,thehostmodemshouldbe
configuredtoreportitscurrentIPtoaDynamicDNS(DDNS)
serverwithIPManager.
IntheHostmodem’sconfiguration,insteadofIPaddressfor
theAddrList(ATMLISTorATMLIS TX ),substituteasingle
uniquenameforeachmodem,i.e.remote1,remote2,etc.
WhenyouconfigureIPManagerforthehostmodem,make
noteofyourmodemnameanddomainsettinginAceManager
inthemenuselectionDynamicIPtobeusedwiththeremote
modems.
Figure 8-4: AceManager: Dynamic IP
WithnamesinsteadofIPaddressesfortheAddressList,the
hostmodemwillquerytheDNSserverforthecurrentIP
addressassignedtothespecificnameofaremotemodemto
sendamessagecorrespondingtotheID.
WhenyouusenamesinsteadofIPaddresses,toensureyour
modemsareupdatedquicklywiththecorrectIPaddressesfor
thenames,youwillwanttosettheDNSsettingsaswell. In
AceManager,selectDNS.