Chapter 15 DDNS

"Record your DDNS account’s user name, password, and domain name to use to configure the ZyWALL.

After, you configure the ZyWALL, it automatically sends updated IP addresses to the DDNS service provider, which helps redirect traffic accordingly.

Finding Out More

See Section 5.4.9 on page 116 for related information on these screens.

15.2 The DDNS Screen

The DDNS screen provides a summary of all DDNS domain names and their configuration. In addition, this screen allows you to add new domain names, edit the configuration for existing domain names, and delete domain names. To access this screen, login to the web configurator. When the main screen appears, click Network > DDNS. The following screen appears, providing a summary of the existing domain names.

Figure 208 Network > DDNS

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 101 Network > DDNS

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Profile Name

This field displays the descriptive profile name for this entry.

 

 

DDNS Type

This field displays which DDNS service you are using.

 

 

Domain Name

This field displays each domain name the ZyWALL can route.

 

 

Primary

This field displays the interface to use for updating the IP address mapped to the

Interface/IP

domain name followed by how the ZyWALL determines the IP address for the

 

domain name.

 

from interface - The IP address comes from the specified interface.

 

auto detected -The DDNS server checks the source IP address of the packets

 

from the ZyWALL for the IP address to use for the domain name.

 

custom - The IP address is static.

 

 

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