Prestige 202H User’s Guide

Table 4-1 Menu 1 – General Setup

FIELD

DESCRIPTION

EXAMPLE

 

 

 

System Name

Choose a descriptive name, up to 30 alphanumeric characters long (no

Name

 

spaces, but dashes “–” and underscores "_" are accepted) for

 

 

identification purposes. It is recommended you enter your computer’s

 

 

“Computer name” (see section 4.1.1) in this field. This name can be

 

 

retrieved remotely via SNMP, used for CHAP authentication, and

 

 

displayed at the prompt in the Command Mode.

 

 

 

 

Location

Enter the geographic location (up to 31 characters) of your router.

branch

(optional)

 

 

Contact Person's

Enter the name (up to 30 characters) of the person in charge of your

JohnDoe

Name (optional)

router.

 

 

 

 

When you have completed this menu, press [ENTER] at the prompt “Press ENTER to Confirm…” to save your configuration, or press [ESC] at any time to cancel.

4.3Dynamic DNS

Dynamic DNS allows you to update your current dynamic IP address with one or many dynamic DNS services so that anyone can contact you (in NetMeeting, CU-SeeMe, etc.). You can also access your FTP server or Web site on your own computer using a DNS-like address (for instance myhost.dhs.org, where myhost is a name of your choice) that will never change instead of using an IP address that changes each time you reconnect. Your friends or relatives will always be able to call you even if they don't know your IP address.

First of all, you need to have registered a dynamic DNS account with www.dyndns.org. This is for people with a dynamic IP from their ISP or DHCP server that would still like to have a DNS name. The Dynamic DNS service provider will give you a password or key.

4.3.1 DYNDNS Wildcard

Enabling the wildcard feature for your host causes *.yourhost.dyndns.org to be aliased to the same IP address as yourhost.dyndns.org. This feature is useful if you want to be able to use, for example, www.yourhost.dyndns.org and still reach your hostname.

If you have a private WAN IP address, then you cannot use Dynamic DNS.

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SMT Menu 1 General Setup