Chapter 12 DDNS

12.2 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. Click Configuration > Network > DDNS to open the following screen.

Figure 124 Configuration > Network > DDNS

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 81 Configuration > Network > DDNS

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Add

Click this to create a new entry.

 

 

Edit

Double-click an entry or select it and click Edit to open a screen where you can modify

 

the entry’s settings.

 

 

Remove

To remove an entry, select it and click Remove. The ZyWALL confirms you want to

 

remove it before doing so.

 

 

Activate

To turn on an entry, select it and click Activate.

 

 

Inactivate

To turn off an entry, select it and click Inactivate.

 

 

#

This is the number of an individual DDNS profile.

 

 

Status

This icon is lit when the entry is active and dimmed when the entry is inactive.

 

 

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 Interface/IP

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

 

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.

 

 

Backup Interface/IP

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

 

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

 

domain name. The ZyWALL uses the backup interface and IP address when the

 

primary interface is disabled, its link is down or its connectivity check fails.

 

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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