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Chapter 7 Using Advanced Settings
Remote Administration
The Router’s Remote Administration capabilities are covered in detail in the
“Security” chapter of this manual.
“Security” chapter of this manual.
Dynamic DNS
Dynamic
DNS
(Domain Name Server) a dynamic
IP
address to be aliased to a static
hostname, allowing a computer on the network to be more easily accessible from
the Internet. Typically, when connecting to the Internet, the service provider assigns
an unused
the Internet. Typically, when connecting to the Internet, the service provider assigns
an unused
IP
address from a pool of
IP
addresses, and this address is used only for
the duration of a specific connection. Dynamically assigning addresses extends the
usable pool of available
usable pool of available
IP
addresses, while maintaining a constant domain name.
This allows to user to access a device (a camera, for example) from a remote loca-
tion, since the device will always have the same
tion, since the device will always have the same
IP
address.
When using Dynamic
DNS
, each time the
IP
address provided by the
ISP
changes,
the
DNS
database changes accordingly to reflect the change. In this way, even
though the
IP
address of the computer changes often, its domain name remains
constant and accessible.
Opening a Dynamic DNS Account
To use Dynamic
DNS
, a free Dynamic
DNS
account must be opened at http://
www.dyndns.org/account/create.html.
When applying for an account, a user name and password must be specified. Have
them available when customizing the Router’s Dynamic
them available when customizing the Router’s Dynamic
DNS
feature. For more
information regarding Dynamic
DNS
, refer to http://www.dyndns.org.