ZyAIR Wireless Gateway Series User’s Guide

Table 18-2 Menu 1.1 Configure Dynamic DNS

FIELD

DESCRIPTION

EXAMPLE

 

 

 

Active

Press [SPACE BAR] to select Yes and then press [ENTER] to make

Yes

 

dynamic DNS active.

 

 

 

 

DDNS Type

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

DynamicDNS

 

you have a dynamic IP address(es). Select StaticDNS if you have a

(default)

 

static IP address(s).

 

 

Select CustomDNS to have dyns.org provide DNS service for a

 

 

domain name that you already have from a source other than

 

 

dyndns.org.

 

Host1-3

Enter your host name(s) in the fields provided. You can specify up to

me.dyndns.org

 

two host names separated by a comma in each field.

 

 

 

 

USER

Enter your user name.

 

 

 

 

Password

Enter the password assigned to you.

 

 

 

 

Enable Wildcard

Your ZyAIR supports DYNDNS wildcard. Press [SPACE BAR] and

No

 

then [ENTER] to select Yes or No This field is N/A when you choose

 

 

DDNS client as your service provider.

 

 

 

 

Offline

This field is only available when CustomDNS is selected in the

Yes

 

DDNS Type field. Press [SPACE BAR] and then [ENTER] to select

 

 

Yes. When Yes is selected, traffic is redirected to a URL that you

 

 

have previously specified (see www.dyndns.org for details).

 

Edit Update IP Address:

You can select Yes in either the Use Server Detected IP field (recommended) or the User Specified IP Addr field, but not both.

With the Use Server Detected IP and User Specified IP Addr fields both set to No, the DDNS server automatically updates the IP address of the host name(s) with the ZyAIR’s WAN IP address.

DDNS does not work with a private IP address. When both fields are set to No, the ZyAIR must have a public WAN IP address in order for DDNS to work.

 

Press [SPACE BAR] to select Yes and then press [ENTER] to have

Yes

Use Server

the DDNS server automatically update the IP address of the host

 

name(s) with the public IP address that the ZyAIR uses or is behind.

 

Detected IP

You can set this field to Yes whether the IP address is public or

 

 

 

 

private, static or dynamic.

 

 

 

 

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General and WAN Setup