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Set Up and Manage Dynamic DNS
Internet service providers (ISPs) assign numbers called IP addresses to identify each
Internet account. Most ISPs use dynamically assigned IP addresses. This means that the IP
address can change at any time. You can use the IP address to access your network
remotely, but most people do not know what their IP address is or when this address
changes.
To make it easier to connect, you can get a free account with a Dynamic DNS service that
lets you use a domain name to access your home network. To use this account, you must set
up the modem router to use Dynamic DNS. Then the modem router notifies the Dynamic
DNS service provider whenever its IP address changes. When you access your Dynamic
DNS account, the service finds the current IP address of your home network and
automatically connects you.
If your ISP assigns a private WAN IP address (such as 192.168.x.x or 10.x.x.x), the Dynamic
DNS service does not work because private addresses are not routed on the Internet.
Your Personal FTP Server
With your customized free URL, you can use FTP to access your network when you are not
home through Dynamic DNS. To set up your FTP server, you must register for a NETGEAR
Dynamic DNS (DDNS) service account and specify the account settings (see
Set Up a New
Dynamic DNS Account
on page
177).
To set up your personal account and use FTP:
1.
Get your NETGEAR Dynamic DNS domain name.
For more information, see
Set Up a New Dynamic DNS Account
on page
177.
2.
Make sure that your Internet connection is working.
Your modem router must use a direct Internet connection. It cannot connect to a different
router to access the Internet.
3.
Connect a USB storage device to one of the USB ports of the modem router.
4.
Set up FTP access on the modem router.
For more information, see
Set Up FTP Access Through the Internet
on page
179.
5.
On a remote computer with Internet access, you can use FTP to access your modem router
using ftp://
yourname
.mynetgear.com, in which
yourname
is your specific domain name.
For more information, see
Access Storage Devices Through the Internet with FTP
on
page
181.
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Set Up a New Dynamic DNS Account
NETGEAR offers you the opportunity to set up and register for a free Dynamic DNS account.
To set up Dynamic DNS and register for a free NETGEAR account:
1.
Launch an Internet browser from a computer or WiFi device that is connected to the
network.
2.
In the address field of your browser, enter
http://routerlogin.net
.
The login screen displays.
3.
Type
admin
for the user name and type your password.
If you did not yet personalize your password, type
password
for the password.
4.
Click the
OK
button.
The BASIC Home screen displays.
5.
Select
ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Dynamic DNS
.
6.
Select the
Use a Dynamic DNS Service
check box.
7.
From the
Service Provider
menu, select
NETGEAR
.
8.
Select the
No
radio button.
9.
In the
Host Name
field, enter the name that you want to use for your URL.
The host name is sometimes called the domain name. Your free URL includes the host
name that you specify and ends with mynetgear.com. For example, specify
MyName.
mynetgear.com.
10.
In the
Email
field, enter the email address that you want to use for your account.
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11.
In the
Password (6-32 characters)
field, enter the password that you want to use for your
account.
12.
Click the
Register
button.
13.
Follow the onscreen instructions to register for your NETGEAR Dynamic DNS service.
Specify a DNS Account That You Already Created
If you already created a Dynamic DNS account with NETGEAR, No-IP, or Dyn, you can set
up the modem router to use your account.
To set up Dynamic DNS if you already created an account:
1.
Launch an Internet browser from a computer or WiFi device that is connected to the
network.
2.
In the address field of your browser, enter
http://routerlogin.net
.
The login screen displays.
3.
Type
admin
for the user name and type your password.
If you did not yet personalize your password, type
password
for the password.
4.
Click the
OK
button.
The BASIC Home screen displays.
5.
Select
ADVANCED > Advanced Settings > Dynamic DNS
.
6.
Select the
Use a Dynamic DNS Service
check box.
7.
From the
Service Provider
menu, select your provider.
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8.
Select the
Yes
radio button.
The screen adjusts.
9.
In the
Host Name
field, enter the host name (sometimes called the domain name) for your
account.
10.
Depending on the type of account, specify your user name or email address:
•
For a No-IP or Dyn account, in the
User Name
field, enter the user name for your
account.
•
For a NETGEAR account, in the
Email
field, enter the email address for your
account.
11.
In the
Password (6~32 characters)
field, enter the password for your DDNS account.
12.
Click the
Apply
button.
Your settings are saved.
13.
To verify that your Dynamic DNS service is enabled in the modem router, click the
Show
Status
button.
A message displays the Dynamic DNS status.
Access Storage Devices Through the Internet
If you connect a USB storage device to the modem router, you can access the USB device
through the Internet when you are not home. After you gain access, you can use FTP to
share files on the USB device.
To access devices from a remote computer:
1.
Launch a web browser on a computer that is not on your home network.
2.
Connect to your modem router on your home network:
•
To connect with Dynamic DNS, type the DNS name.
To use a Dynamic DNS account, you must enter the account information in the
Dynamic DNS screen (see
Set Up and Manage Dynamic DNS
on page
176).
•
To connect without Dynamic DNS, type the modem router’s Internet port IP address.
You can view the modem router’s Internet IP address on the BASIC Home screen.
Set Up FTP Access Through the Internet
If you attach a storage device to the modem router, you can access the storage device from
your network (see
Enable FTP Access Within Your Network
on page
166). You can also set
up FTP access through the Internet so that you can access the storage device from outside
your local network, for example, when you are not at home.
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To set up FTP access through the Internet:
1.
Launch an Internet browser from a computer or WiFi device that is connected to the
network.
2.
In the address field of your browser, enter
http://routerlogin.net
.
The login screen displays.
3.
Type
admin
for the user name and type your password.
If you did not yet personalize your password, type
password
for the password.
4.
Click the
OK
button.
The BASIC Home screen displays.
5.
Select
ADVANCED > USB Functions > ReadySHARE Storage
.
The previous figure shows a USB device attached to the modem router.
6.
Select the
FTP (via internet)
check box.
7.
Click the
Apply
button.
Your settings are saved.
8.
To limit access to the admin user, do the following:
a.
In the Available Network Folders list, select a device.
If only one device is connected, it is automatically selected.

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