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Advanced Setup Tab - DDNS, Advanced Setup Tab - Advanced Routing, Dynamic Routing

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Broadband Router Advanced Setup Tab - DDNS DDNS (Dynamic DNS) service allows you to assign a fixed domain name to a dynamic Internet IP address. This allows you to host your own Web, FTP or other type of TCP/IP server in your LAN over either of the Internet ports. Before configuring DDNS, you need to visit www.dyndns.org and register a domain name. (The DDNS service is provided by DynDNS.org). DDNS Service: The DDNS feature is disabled by default. To enable this feature, select DynDNS.org from the pull-down menu, and enter the User name, Password, and Host Name of the account you set up with DynDNS.org. Internet IP Address: The current Internet IP Address of the Internet port being utilized is displayed here. Because it is dynamic, this will occasionally change. Status: The status of the DDNS function and Internet connection is displayed. Click the Save Settings button to save the DDNS settings or click the Cancel Changes button to undo your changes. Figure 5-24: Advanced Setup Tab - DDNS Advanced Setup Tab - Advanced Routing Dynamic Routing The Router's dynamic routing feature can be used to automatically adjust to physical changes in the network's layout. The Router uses the dynamic RIP protocol. It determines the route that the network packets take based on the fewest number of hops between the source and the destination. The RIP protocol regularly broadcasts routing information to other routers on the network. Working Mode: Select NAT mode if this Router is hosting your network's connection to the Internet. Select Router mode if this Router exists on a network with other routers, including a separate network gateway that handles the Internet connection. In Router Mode, any computer connected to the Router will not be able to connect to the Internet unless you have another router function as the gateway. RIP (Routing Information Protocol): The Router, using the RIP protocol, calculates the most efficient route for the network's data packets to travel between the source and the destination, based upon the shortest paths. Receive RIP versions: Choose a protocol for receiving data from the network. (None, RIPv1, RIPv2, Both RIPv1 and v2). Figure 5-25: Advanced Setup Tab - Advanced Routing Chapter 5: Setting Up and Configuring the Broadband Router 22 Advanced Setup Tab - DDNS

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Chapter 5: Setting Up and Configuring the Broadband Router
Advanced Setup Tab - DDNS
Broadband Router
Advanced Setup Tab - DDNS
DDNS (Dynamic DNS) service allows you to assign a fixed domain name to a dynamic Internet IP address. This
allows you to host your own Web, FTP or other type of TCP/IP server in your LAN over either of the Internet ports.
Before configuring DDNS, you need to visit
www.dyndns.org
and register a domain name. (The DDNS service is
provided by DynDNS.org).
DDNS Service
: The DDNS feature is disabled by default. To enable this feature, select
DynDNS.org
from the
pull-down menu, and enter the
User name
,
Password
, and
Host Name
of the account you set up with
DynDNS.org.
Internet IP Address
: The current Internet IP Address of the Internet port being utilized is displayed here.
Because it is dynamic, this will occasionally change.
Status
: The status of the DDNS function and Internet connection is displayed.
Click the
Save Settings
button to save the DDNS settings or click the
Cancel Changes
button to undo your
changes.
Advanced Setup Tab - Advanced Routing
Dynamic Routing
The Router's dynamic routing feature can be used to automatically adjust to physical changes in the network's
layout. The Router uses the dynamic RIP protocol. It determines the route that the network packets take based on
the fewest number of hops between the source and the destination. The RIP protocol regularly broadcasts
routing information to other routers on the network.
Working Mode
: Select
NAT
mode if this Router is hosting your network’s connection to the Internet. Select
Router
mode if this Router exists on a network with other routers, including a separate network gateway that
handles the Internet connection. In Router Mode, any computer connected to the Router will not be able to
connect to the Internet unless you have another router function as the gateway.
RIP
(Routing Information Protocol): The Router, using the RIP protocol, calculates the most efficient route for the
network’s data packets to travel between the source and the destination, based upon the shortest paths.
Receive RIP versions
: Choose a protocol for receiving data from the network. (None, RIPv1, RIPv2, Both RIPv1
and v2).
Figure 5-24: Advanced Setup Tab - DDNS
Figure 5-25: Advanced Setup Tab - Advanced Routing