Cisco E4200V2 User Manual - Page 37

Linksys E-Series How to find your network on the Internet For ALL Why would I need to find my network on the Internet? If you want to remotely access a USB drive attached to your router or view a web camera, you need to find your network on the Internet. Working with several DDNS service providers, your router's DDNS feature lets you configure a domain name for your network, which you can then use to easily find your network on the Internet. If your ISP changes your network's IP address, the DDNS service providers detect the address change and continue to route your domain name to that address. Tip Before you configure DDNS on your router, you must sign up for DDNS service from a DDNS service provider that's supported by your router. To set up DDNS: Setup > DDNS 1. Sign up for DDNS service at either www.dyndns.org or www.tzo.com. 2. Log into the browser-based utility (see "How to open the browser-based utility" on page 22). 3. Click the Setup tab, then click the DDNS page. 4. In the DDNS Service drop-down list, click your DDNS service provider. The examples below are based on TZO.com. The settings used by DynDNS.org are slightly different. Setting Up: Advanced 5. Complete the fields with information provided by your DDNS provider, then click Save Settings. The Status field tells you what actions have been taken. In this example, the domain name registered with TZO.com is BronzeEagle953.linksysnet.com. If an Internet camera had been configured (see "How to set up port forwarding for a single port" on page 53), you could access the camera by typing the domain name into the address bar of your web browser followed by the port number used for the device. For example, if the camera in the above example used port 1024, the URL would be: BronzeEagle953.linksysnet.com:1024 27