P314 Broadband Sharing Gateway with 4-Port Switch

Menu 1 - General Setup

System Name= xxx

Domain Name= zyxel.com.tw

Configure Dynamic DNS= No

Press ENTER to Confirm or ESC to Cancel:

Figure 2-7 Menu 1 – General Setup

The fields for General Setup are as shown below. System Name is for identification purposes. However, because some ISPs check this name you should enter your PC’s “Computer Name” (Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Network. Click the Identification tab, note the entry for the Computer name” field). It is the domain name that will be propagated to the DHCP clients on the LAN. If you leave this blank, the domain name obtained by DHCP from the ISP is used. While you must enter the host name (System Name) on each individual machine, the domain name can be assigned from the Prestige via DHCP.

 

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General Setup Menu Field

 

Field

 

Description

Example

 

 

 

System Name

Choose a descriptive name for identification purposes. It is

Billy

 

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

zyxel.com.tw

 

blank, the ISP may assign a domain name via DHCP. You can go to

 

 

Menu 24.8 and type "sys domainname" to see the current domain

 

 

name used by your router.

 

 

If you want to clear this field just press the [SPACE BAR]. The

 

 

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

 

 

domain name.

 

 

 

 

 

Configure

Press the [SPACE BAR] to select Yes or No (default). Select Yes to

 

Dynamic DNS

configure Menu 1.1 – Configure Dynamic DNS discussed next.

 

 

 

 

 

2.7.1 Dynamic 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.) or access your FTP server or Web site on your own computer using a DNS-like address (e.g. myhost.dhs.org, where myhost is a name of your

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