ZyAIR G-2000 Plus User’s Guide

Figure 122 Menu 1 General Setup

 

Menu

1 -

General Setup

System Name=

G-2000PLUS

Domain Name=

 

 

First System

DNS Server= From ISP

IP

Address=

N/A

Server= From ISP

Second System

DNS

IP

Address=

N/A

 

Third System

DNS Server= From ISP

IP

Address=

N/A

No

Edit

Dynamic

DNS=

Press ENTER to Confirm or ESC to Cancel:

Fill in the required fields. Refer to the following table for more information about these fields.

Table 84 Menu 1 General Setup

FIELD

DESCRIPTION

 

 

System Name

Choose a descriptive name for identification purposes. It is recommended you

 

enter your computer’s “Computer name” in this field. This name can be up to 30

 

alphanumeric characters long. Spaces are not allowed, but dashes “-” and

 

underscores "_" are accepted.

Domain Name

Enter the domain name (if you know it) here. If you leave this field blank, the

 

ISP may assign a domain name via DHCP. You can go to menu 24.8 and type

 

"sys domain name" to see the current domain name used by your router.

 

The domain name entered by you is given priority over the ISP assigned

 

domain name. If you want to clear this field just press [SPACE BAR] and then

 

[ENTER].

First System DNS

DNS (Domain Name System) is for mapping a domain name to its

Server

corresponding IP address and vice versa. The DNS server is extremely

Second System DNS

important because without it, you must know the IP address of a machine

before you can access it. The ZyAIR uses a system DNS server (in the order

Server

you specify here) to resolve domain names for VPN, DDNS and the time

Third System DNS

server.

Server

Press [SPACE BAR] and then [ENTER] to select an option. Select From ISP if

 

your ISP dynamically assigns DNS server information (and the ZyAIR's WAN

 

IP address). The IP Address field below displays the (read-only) DNS server

 

IP address that the ISP assigns.

 

Select User-Definedif you have the IP address of a DNS server. Enter the

 

DNS server's IP address in the IP Address field. If you select User-Defined,

 

but leave the IP address set to 0.0.0.0, User-Definedchanges to None after

 

you save your changes. If you set a second choice to User-Defined, and enter

 

the same IP address, the second User-Definedchanges to None after you

 

save your changes.

 

Select None if you do not want to configure DNS servers. If you do not

 

configure a system DNS server, you must use IP addresses when configuring

 

VPN, DDNS and the time server.

Edit Dynamic DNS

Press [SPACE BAR] and then [ENTER] to select Yes or No (default). Select

 

Yes to configure Menu 1.1: Configure Dynamic DNS discussed next.

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.

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