ZyAIR Wireless Gateway Series User’s Guide

 

Table 4-1 System General Setup

 

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

System Name

Type a descriptive name for identification purposes. Some ISPs check this name, so it

 

is recommended you enter your computer's "Computer name"

 

This name can be up to 30 alphanumeric characters long. Spaces are not allowed, but

 

dashes "-" and underscores "_" are accepted.

Domain Name

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

 

assign a domain name via DHCP. The domain name entered by you is given priority

 

over the ISP assigned domain name.

 

 

Administrator

Type how many minutes a management session (either via the web configurator or

Inactivity Timer

SMT) can be left idle before the session times out.

 

The default is 5 minutes. After it times out you have to log in with your password again.

 

Very long idle timeouts may have security risks.

 

A value of "0" means a management session never times out, no matter how long it

 

has been left idle (not recommended).

 

 

System DNS Servers

 

 

First DNS Server

Select From ISP if your ISP dynamically assigns DNS server information (and the

Second DNS

ZyAIR's WAN IP address). The field to the right displays the (read-only) DNS server IP

address that the ISP assigns.

Server

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

Third DNS

Server

server's IP address in the field to the right. If you chose User-Defined, but leave the IP

 

address set to 0.0.0.0, User-Definedchanges to None after you click Apply. If you set

 

a second choice to User-Defined, and enter the same IP address, the second User-

 

Defined changes to None after you click Apply.

 

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

 

DNS server, you must know the IP address of a machine in order to access it.

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the ZyAIR.

 

 

Reset

Click Reset to reload the previous configuration for this screen.

 

 

4.3Dynamic 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.). You can also access your FTP server or web site on your own computer using a DNS-like address (for instance myhost.dhs.org, where myhost is a name of your choice) that will never change instead of using an IP address that changes each time you reconnect. Your friends or relatives will always be able to call you even if they don't know your IP address.

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System Screens