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IP Address Distribution, User Name, Password, Host Name, Wildcard, Mail Exchanger, Backup MX

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Chapter 8 Using Advanced Settings User Name Enter the Dynamic DNS user name in this text box. Password Enter the Dynamic DNS password in this text box. Host Name Enter the full Dynamic DNS domain in this text box. Wildcard Select the "Wildcard" check box to have any URL that includes the domain name (here.yourhost.dyndns.org, for example) to connect. Mail Exchanger Enter the mail exchange server address. This will redirect all E-mails arriving at the Dynamic DNS address to the mail server. Backup MX Select this check box to designate the mail exchange server to be a backup server. IP Address Distribution The Router's DHCP server makes it possible to easily add computers configured as DHCP clients to the network. It provides a mechanism for allocating IP addresses to these hosts and for delivering network configuration parameters to them. For example, a client (host) sends out a broadcast message on the network requesting an IP address for itself. The DHCP server then checks its list of available addresses and leases a local IP address to the host for a specific period of time and simultaneously designates this IP address as "taken." At this point, the host is configured with an IP address for the duration of the lease. 133

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Chapter 8
Using Advanced Settings
User Name
Enter the Dynamic
DNS
user name in this text box.
Password
Enter the Dynamic
DNS
password in this text box.
Host Name
Enter the full Dynamic
DNS
domain in this text box.
Wildcard
Select the “Wildcard” check box to have any
URL
that includes the domain name
(here.yourhost.dyndns.org, for example) to connect.
Mail Exchanger
Enter the mail exchange server address. This will redirect all E-mails arriving at
the Dynamic
DNS
address to the mail server.
Backup MX
Select this check box to designate the mail exchange server to be a backup server.
IP Address Distribution
The Router’s
DHCP
server makes it possible to easily add computers configured as
DHCP
clients to the network. It provides a mechanism for allocating
IP
addresses to
these hosts and for delivering network configuration parameters to them.
For example, a client (host) sends out a broadcast message on the network request-
ing an
IP
address for itself. The
DHCP
server then checks its list of available address-
es and leases a local
IP
address to the host for a specific period of time and simul-
taneously designates this
IP
address as “taken.” At this point, the host is configured
with an
IP
address for the duration of the lease.