ZyXEL Communications 320W User Manual

 

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When the ISP assigns the Prestige a new IP, the Prestige updates this IP to DDNS server so that the server 

can update its IP-to-DNS entry. Once the IP-to-DNS table in the DDNS server is updated, the DNS name 

for your web server (i.e., www.zyxel.com.tw) is still usable.   

When you want your internal server to be accessed by using DNS name rather than using the dynamic IP 

address we can use the DDNS service. The DDNS server allows to alias a dynamic IP address to a static 

hostname. Whenever the ISP assigns you a new IP, the Prestige sends this IP to the DDNS server for its 

updates. 

from and update the WAN IP to.   

Some DDNS servers support the wildcard feature which allows the hostname, *.yourhost.dyndns.org, to 

be aliased to the same IP address as yourhost.dyndns.org. This feature is useful when there are multiple 

servers inside and you want users to be able to use things such as www.yourhost.dyndns.org and still 

reach your hostname.   

Yes, the Prestige supports DDNS wildcard that 

 supports. When using wildcard, 

you simply enter yourhost.dyndns.org in the Host field in Dynamic DNS page. 

This is because MSN 4.6 requires support of UPnP (Universal plug n’ play). To be able to use MSN 

through Prestige, you have to enable the UPnP feature under Management-> UPNP and Check the enable 

UPnP check box and press "Apply button" to make it active. 

Built-in firewall function is supported in P320W. When a session is initiated from a user located in 

P320W's LAN network, incoming traffic will be allowed by Stateful Inspection mechanism. However, if 

the session is initiated from WAN side and there is no related access rule for the incoming traffic, the