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9.4.1

Add Policy Routing

Click

Add

in the

Policy Routing

screen to open the following screen. Use this screen to configure

the required information for a policy route.

Figure 55

Policy Routing: Add

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

9.5

The RIP Screen

Click

Wireless network > Classic configuration > Advanced Setup > Routing > RIP

to open

the

RIP

screen. Use this screen to configure RIP settings. Routing Information Protocol (RIP, RFC

1058 and RFC 1389) allows a device to exchange routing information with other routers.

Table 49

Policy Routing: Add

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Policy Name

Enter a descriptive name of printable English keyboard characters, not including spaces.

Physical LAN

Port

Select the source LAN Ethernet port number.

Source IP

Enter the source IP address.

Use Interface

Select a WAN interface through which the traffic is sent. You must have the WAN

interface(s) already configured in the

Broadband

screens.

Default

Gateway IP

Enter the default gateway IP address the route uses.

Apply/Save

Click this button to save your changes.

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Figure 56

RIP

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 50

RIP

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Interface

This is the name of the interface in which the RIP setting is used.

Version

The RIP version controls the format and the broadcasting method of the RIP packets that

the VDSL Router sends (it recognizes both formats when receiving). RIP version

1

is

universally supported but RIP version

2

carries more information. RIP version

1

is probably

adequate for most networks, unless you have an unusual network topology.

Operation

Select

Passive

to have the VDSL Router update the routing table based on the RIP packets

received from neighbors but not advertise its route information to other routers in this

interface.

Select

Active

to have the VDSL Router advertise its route information and also listen for

routing updates from neighboring routers.

Enabled

Select the check box to activate the settings.

Apply/Save

Click this button to save your changes.

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C

HAPTER

10

DNS Setup

10.1

Overview

DNS

DNS (Domain Name System) is for mapping a domain name to its corresponding IP address and

vice versa. The DNS server is extremely important because without it, you must know the IP

address of a machine before you can access it.

In addition to the system DNS server(s), each WAN interface (service) is set to have its own static

or dynamic DNS server list. You can configure a DNS static route to forward DNS queries for certain

domain names through a specific WAN interface to its DNS server(s). The VDSL Router uses a

system DNS server (in the order you specify in the

Broadband

screen) to resolve domain names

that do not match any DNS routing entry. After the VDSL Router receives a DNS reply from a DNS

server, it creates a new entry for the resolved IP address in the routing table.

Dynamic DNS

Dynamic DNS allows you to update your current dynamic IP address with one or many dynamic

DNS services so that anyone can contact you (in NetMeeting, CU-SeeMe, etc.). You can also access

your FTP server or Web site on your own computer using a domain name (for instance

myhost.dhs.org, where myhost is a name of your choice) that will never change instead of using an

IP address that changes each time you reconnect. Your friends or relatives will always be able to

call you even if they don't know your IP address.

First of all, you need to have registered a dynamic DNS account with www.dyndns.org. This is for

people with a dynamic IP from their ISP or DHCP server that would still like to have a domain name.

The Dynamic DNS service provider will give you a password or key.

10.1.1

What You Can Do in this Chapter

•

Use the

DNS Server

screen to configure DNS server settings (

Section 10.2 on page 144

).

•

Use the

Dynamic DNS

screen to configure DDNS settings on the VDSL Router (

Section 10.3 on

page 145

).

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10.1.2

What You Need To Know

DYNDNS Wildcard

Enabling the wildcard feature for your host causes *.yourhost.dyndns.org to be aliased to the same

IP address as yourhost.dyndns.org. This feature is useful if you want to be able to use, for example,

www.yourhost.dyndns.org and still reach your hostname.

If you have a private WAN IP address, then you cannot use Dynamic DNS.

10.2

The DNS Server Screen

Use this screen to view and configure DNS routes on the VDSL Router. Click

Wireless network >

Classic configuration > Advanced Setup > DNS > DNS Server

to open this screen.

Figure 57

DNS Server

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The following table describes the fields in this screen.

10.3

The Dynamic DNS Screen

Use this screen to create manage DDNS entries. Click

Wireless network > Classic

configuration > Advanced Setup > DNS > Dynamic DNS

to display the following screen.

Table 51

DNS Server

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Select DNS

Server

Interface from

available WAN

interfaces

Select this to have the VDSL Router get the DNS server addresses from one of the VDSL

Router’s WAN interfaces.

Selected

DNS Server

Interfaces

Select a WAN interface through which to get DNS server addresses.

You can select multiple WAN interfaces for the device to try. The VDSL Router tries the WAN

interfaces in the order listed and uses only the DNS server information of the first WAN

interface that connects; there is no backup WAN function. To change the priority order

remove them all and add them back in again.

Available

WAN

Interfaces

These are the WAN interfaces you can select from.

Use the

following Static

DNS IP address

Select this to have the VDSL Router use the DNS server addresses you configure manually.

Primary

DNS server

Enter the first DNS server address assigned by the ISP.

Secondary

DNS server

Enter the second DNS server address assigned by the ISP.

Obtain IPv6

DNS info from

a WAN

interface

Select this to have the VDSL Router get the IPv6 DNS server addresses from the ISP

automatically.

WAN

Interface

selected

Select a WAN interface through which you want to obtain the IPv6 DNS related information.

Use the

following Static

IPv6 DNS

address

Select this to have the VDSL Router use the IPv6 DNS server addresses you configure

manually.

Primary

IPv6 DNS

server

Enter the first IPv6 DNS server address assigned by the ISP.

Secondary

IPv6 DNS

server

Enter the second IPv6 DNS server address assigned by the ISP.

Apply/Save

Click this button to save your changes.

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