Cname Record; Adding A Cname Record - ZyXEL Communications USG40 User Manual

The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 350 Configuration > System > DNS > (IPv6) Address/PTR Record Edit
LABEL
FQDN
IP Address
OK
Cancel

43.6.6 CNAME Record

A Canonical Name Record or CNAME record is a type of resource record in the Domain Name
System (DNS) that specifies that the domain name is an alias of another, canonical domain name.
This allows users to set up a record for a domain name which translates to an IP address, in other
words, the domain name is an alias of another. This record also binds all the subdomains to the
same IP address without having to create a record for each, so when the IP address is changed, all
subdomain's IP address is updated as well, with one edit to the record.
For example, the domain name zyxel.com is hooked up to a record named A which translates it to
11.22.33.44. You also have several subdomains, like mail.zyxel.com, ftp.zyxel.com and you want
this subdomain to point to your main domain zyxel.com. Edit the IP Address in record A and all
subdomains will follow automatically. This eliminates chances for errors and increases efficiency in
DNS management.

43.6.7 Adding a CNAME Record

Click the Add icon in the CNAME Record table to add a record. Use "*." as a prefix for a wildcard
domain name. For example *.zyxel.com.
Figure 577 Configuration > System > DNS > CNAME Record > Add
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DESCRIPTION
Type a Fully-Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of a server. An FQDN starts with a host
name and continues all the way up to the top-level domain name. For example,
www.zyxel.com.tw is a fully qualified domain name, where "www" is the host, "zyxel" is
the third-level domain, "com" is the second-level domain, and "tw" is the top level
domain. Underscores are not allowed.
Use "*." as a prefix in the FQDN for a wildcard domain name (for example,
*.example.com).
Enter the IP address of the host in dotted decimal notation.
Click OK to save your customized settings and exit this screen.
Click Cancel to exit this screen without saving
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