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Static Routes, Advanced Setup > Dynamic DNS, To set up Dynamic DNS, Use a Dynamic DNS Service

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N750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4300 and registers your new IP address. If your host name is hostname, for example, you can reach your router at http://hostname.dyndns.org. On the Advanced tab, select Advanced Setup > Dynamic DNS to display the following screen:  To set up Dynamic DNS: 1. Register for an account with one of the Dynamic DNS service providers whose names appear in the Service Provider list. 2. Select the Use a Dynamic DNS Service check box. 3. Select the web address of your Dynamic DNS service provider. For example, for DynDNS.org, select www.dyndns.org. 4. Type the host name (or domain name) that your Dynamic DNS service provider gave you. 5. Type the user name for your Dynamic DNS account. This is the name that you use to log in to your account, not your host name. 6. Type the password (or key) for your Dynamic DNS account. 7. If your Dynamic DNS provider allows the use of wildcards in resolving your URL, you can select the Use Wildcards check box to activate this feature. For example, the wildcard feature causes *.yourhost.dyndns.org to be aliased to the same IP address as yourhost.dyndns.org. 8. Click Apply to save your configuration. Static Routes Static routes provide additional routing information to your router. Typically, you do not need to add static routes. You have to configure static routes only for unusual cases such as multiple routers or multiple IP subnets on your network. As an example of when a static route is needed, consider the following case: • Your primary Internet access is through a cable modem to an ISP. • You have an ISDN router on your home network for connecting to the company where you are employed. This router's address on your LAN is 192.168.1.100. • Your company's network address is 134.177.0.0. When you first configured your router, two implicit static routes were created. A default route was created with your ISP as the gateway, and a second static route was created to your Advanced Settings 103

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Advanced Settings
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N750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4300
and registers your new IP address. If your host name is hostname, for example, you can
reach your router at
.
On the Advanced tab, select
Advanced Setup > Dynamic DNS
to display the following
screen:
To set up Dynamic DNS:
1.
Register for an account with one of the Dynamic DNS service providers whose names
appear in the Service Provider list.
2.
Select the
Use a Dynamic DNS Service
check box.
3.
Select the web address of your Dynamic DNS service provider.
For example, for DynDNS.org, select www.dyndns.org.
4.
Type the host name (or domain name) that your Dynamic DNS service provider gave you.
5.
Type the user name for your Dynamic DNS account. This is the name that you use to log in
to your account, not your host name.
6.
Type the password (or key) for your Dynamic DNS account.
7.
If your Dynamic DNS provider allows the use of wildcards in resolving your URL, you can
select the
Use Wildcards
check box to activate this feature.
For example, the wildcard feature causes
*.yourhost.dyndns.org
to be aliased to the
same IP address as yourhost.dyndns.org.
8.
Click
Apply
to save your configuration.
Static Routes
Static routes provide additional routing information to your router. Typically, you do not need
to add static routes. You have to configure static routes only for unusual cases such as
multiple routers or multiple IP subnets on your network.
As an example of when a static route is needed, consider the following case:
•
Your primary Internet access is through a cable modem to an ISP.
•
You have an ISDN router on your home network for connecting to the company where
you are employed. This router’s address on your LAN is 192.168.1.100.
•
Your company’s network address is 134.177.0.0.
When you first configured your router, two implicit static routes were created. A default route
was created with your ISP as the gateway, and a second static route was created to your