Prestige 334W User’s Guide

Table 21-1 Menu 1 General Setup

FIELD

DESCRIPTION

EXAMPLE

 

 

 

First System DNS

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

From ISP

Server

corresponding IP address and vice versa. The DNS server is

 

Second System

extremely important because without it, you must know the IP address

 

of a machine before you can access it. The Prestige uses a system

 

DNS Server

 

DNS server (in the order you specify here) to resolve domain names

 

 

 

Third System DNS

for VPN, DDNS and the time 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 Prestige'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-

 

 

Defined changes 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).

No

 

Select Yes to configure Menu 1.1: Configure Dynamic DNS

(default)

 

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.

21.2.1 Procedure to Configure Dynamic DNS

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

Step 1. To configure Dynamic DNS, go to Menu 1 — General Setup and select Yes in the Edit Dynamic DNS field. Press [ENTER] to display Menu 1.1— Configure Dynamic DNS as shown next.

Menu 1 General Setup

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