Chapter 15 DDNS

15.3 DDNS Summary

The DDNS screen provides a summary of all DDNS domain names and their configuration. In addition, this screen allows you to add new domain names, edit the configuration for existing domain names, and delete domain names.

To access this screen, login to the web configurator. When the main screen appears, click Network > DDNS. The following screen appears, providing a summary of the existing domain names.

Figure 163 Network > DDNS

The following table describes the labels in this screen. See Section 15.4 on page 252 for more information as well.

Table 77 Network > DDNS

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Profile Name

This field displays the descriptive profile name for this entry.

 

 

Domain Name

This field displays each domain name the ZyWALL can route.

 

 

DDNS Type

This field displays which DynDNS service you are using.

 

 

Wildcard

This field displays whether or not *.yourhost.dyndns.org (for example,

 

www.yourhost.dyndns.org) is routed to the same IP address as

 

yourhost.dyndns.org.

 

 

IP Address

This field displays how the ZyWALL determines the IP address for the domain

Update Policy

name.

 

iface - The IP address comes from the specified WAN Interface and HA Interface.

 

auto -The DDNS server checks the source IP address of the packets from the

 

ZyWALL for the IP address to use for the domain name.

 

custom - The IP address is fixed.

 

See Section 15.2 on page 250 for more information.

 

 

WAN Interface

This field applies when the IP Address Update Policy is iface. This field displays

 

which interface is mapped to the domain name.

 

 

HA* Interface

High Availability maps an alternative WAN interface to the domain name when the

 

WAN interface is not available. This field applies when the IP Address Update

 

Policy is iface. This field displays which alternative interface is mapped to the

 

domain name if the WAN interface is not available. If you are not using HA, the

 

field says none.

 

 

Add icon

This column provides icons to add, edit, and remove domain names.

 

To add a domain name, click the Add icon at the top of the column. The DDNS

 

Add/Edit screen appears.

 

To edit a domain name, click the Edit icon next to the domain name. The DDNS

 

Add/Edit screen appears.

 

To delete a domain name, click on the Remove icon next to the ISP account. The

 

web configurator confirms that you want to delete the account before doing so.

 

 

 

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