Chapter 28 SMT Menu 1 - General Setup

Figure 307 Menu 1.1.1: DDNS Edit Host

Menu 1.1.1 - DDNS Edit Host

Hostname= ZyWALL

DDNS Type= DynamicDNS

Enable Wildcard Option= Yes

Enable Off Line Option= N/A

IP Address Update Policy:

Let DDNS Server Auto Detect= Yes

Use User-Defined= N/A

Use WAN IP Address= N/A

Press ENTER to Confirm or ESC to Cancel:

The following table describes the fields in this screen.

Table 176 Menu 1.1.1: DDNS Edit Host

FIELD

DESCRIPTION

Host Name

Enter your host name in this field.

 

 

DDNS Type

Press [SPACE BAR] and then [ENTER] to select DynamicDNS if you have the

 

Dynamic DNS service.

 

Select StaticDNS if you have the Static DNS service.

 

Select CustomDNS if you have the Custom DNS service.

 

 

Enable

Your ZyWALL supports DYNDNS Wildcard. Press [SPACE BAR] and then [ENTER]

Wildcard

to select Yes or No. This field is N/A when you choose DDNS client as your service

Option

provider.

 

 

Enable Off

This field is only available when CustomDNS is selected in the DDNS Type field.

Line Option

Press [SPACE BAR] and then [ENTER] to select Yes. When Yes is selected, http://

 

www.dyndns.org/ traffic is redirected to a URL that you have previously specified

 

(see www.dyndns.org for details).

 

 

IP Address

You can select Yes in either the Let DDNS Server Auto Detect field (recommended)

Update Policy:

or the Use User-Definedfield, but not both.

 

With the Let DDNS Server Auto Detect and Use User-Defined fields both set to No,

 

the DDNS server automatically updates the IP address of the host name(s) with the

 

ZyWALL’s WAN IP address.

 

DDNS does not work with a private IP address. When both fields are set to No, the

 

ZyWALL must have a public WAN IP address in order for DDNS to work.

 

 

Let DDNS

Only select this option when there are one or more NAT routers between the

Server Auto

ZyWALL and the DDNS server. Press [SPACE BAR] to select Yes and then press

Detect

[ENTER] to have the DDNS server automatically detect and use the IP address of the

 

NAT router that has a public IP address.

 

Note: The DDNS server may not be able to detect the proper IP

 

address if there is an HTTP proxy server between the ZyWALL

 

and the DDNS server.

 

 

Use User-

Press [SPACE BAR] to select Yes and then press [ENTER] to update the IP address

Defined

of the host name(s) to the IP address specified below.

 

Only select Yes if the ZyWALL uses or is behind a static public IP address.

 

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