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2.

In the Address bar of your browser type

www.dydns.org/services/dydns

and press the

ENTER

key.

The system responds by displaying the “DynDNS.org” Web page.

Figure 44.

DynDNS Main Web Page

3.

Click the “Sign Up Now” hyperlink in the upper-right corner of the “DynDNS” Web page.

The

system responds with the “Create Account” Web page.

4.

Read the license agreement and click the “I have read and agree to the Acceptable Use Policy above”

checkbox.

5.

Type a user name in the “Username” box.

6.

Type an email address in the “Email Address” box.

7.

Re-type the email address in the “Confirm Email Address” box.

8.

Type a password in the “Password” box.

9.

Re-type the password in the “Confirm Password” box.

10.

Click

Create Account

.

The system responds by sending an email to the email address you typed in

step 6.

You must click the hyperlink specified in the email in 48 hours for your account to be active.

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11.

Re-type

www.dydns.org/services/dydns

in the Address bar of your browser.

In the upper-right corner

of the DynDNS Web page, type your user ID in the “User” box.

12.

Type your password in the “Pass” box.

13.

Click

Login

.

Figure 45.

DyDNS Login

14.

At the bottom of the “DynDNS” Web page, click the “Add a Host” hyperlink.

Figure 46.

Your Hosts

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15.

In the “New Dynamic DNS Host” Web page, type a hostname in the “Hostname” box.

The hostname

can be something like “mypage.athome.”

16.

Select the second part of the hostname in the drop-down next to the “Hostname” box.

17.

The system automatically displays the IP address of the device you are using.

Type the gateway IP in

the “IP Address” box.

18.

Optionally

, select the “Enable Wildcard” checkbox if using custom DNS options.

19.

Optionally

, type the hostname of a mail exchanger in the “Mail Exchanger (optional)” box.

A mail

exchanger allows you to specify that you want mail to a specific machine to be handled by another

machine.

20.

Optionally

, select the Backup MX checkbox if you wish for your mail to be stored in a backup

location on the mail exchanger.

This is used in case a server fails, and the mail is stored and can be

accessed once a specified server is operational.

21.

Click

Add Host

.

The system responds with the “Hostname Created” window displaying a

confirmation that the new hostname is now active.

22.

Enter your data from www.dyndns.org in the Gateway's DDNS screen. The gateway automatically

ensures that your current IP address is recorded at

. From the Internet, users

can connect to your servers (or DMZ computer) using your Domain name.

Please see the section in

this document titled

DMZ

for more information on DMZs.

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To set up Dynamic DNS:

1.

Click the “Set up Dynamic DNS” hyperlink.

The system responds with the “Set Up Dynamic DNS”

window.

Figure 47: Dynamic DNS Window

2.

Select the “Enable” option.

3.

Type the name provided to you by

www.dydns.org

in the “Service Username” box.

4.

Type your

www.dydns.org

password in the “Password” box.

5.

Type the domain or host name provided by

www.dydns.org

in the “Host Name 1” box.

6.

Optionally

, if you have more than one domain or host name, type it in the “Host Name 2” box.

7.

Click

Apply

.

The system responds by registering your domain or host name to

www.dydns.org

.

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RIP (Routing Information Protocol)

RIP (Routing Information Protocol) is based on distance algorithms that calculate the shortest distance

between two points on the network based on the addresses of the originating devices.

The shortest path is

determined by the number of hops between these two points.

RIP also allows for the receiving of routing

updates from the devices connected to the gateway.

1.

Click the “Configure the RIP protocol for advanced routing” hyperlink.

The system responds with

the “RIP Configuration” window.

Figure 48: RIP Window

2.

Select one of the following options from under the “RIP Version” heading and next to the connection

of your choice:

•

1

: Provides essential RIP packet formatting for routing information packets.

•

2

: Provides enhanced packet formatting for routing information packets by providing the

following:

•

IP Address

: Specifies an IP address for the routing entry.

•

Subnet Mask

: Specifies a mask for the routing entry.

•

Next Hop

: IP address of the next hop where the packets should be forwarded.

•

Metric

: Shows how many routers the routing packet has crossed to its

destination.

•

1&2

: A combination of both types of RIP packets.

3.

Select an “Active Mode” checkbox next to a corresponding connection to enable it.

4.

Click

Apply

.

The system responds with the “Your Settings Have Been Saved” window.

5.

Optionally

, click

Reboot

if you wish for the settings to immediately be implemented.

The system

responds by restarting your gateway.