Http Poster; Url Format - D-Link DFL-1600 User Manual

25.4. HTTP Poster

BigPond – Used by Telstra, a broadband and multimedia service
provider. Authenticates using the interface (which should be DHCP
enabled) associated with the default route.
25.4 HTTP Poster
HTTP Poster is a function to enable automatic client login, or domain
names and IP addresses undate for DynDNS. When the firewall has parsed
its configuration, the HTTP Poster posts all configured URLs in turn, and
will wait a configurable delay time to re-post the URLs.
Updating too often may cause the service provider to cancel the service.
Thus, depending on the requirements by particular providers, the value of
the delay should not be too small.
25.4.1

URL Format

The URL format used in the HTTP Poster various depending on the
specific service provider. Basically, a URL contains Username/Password,
provider's domain name, and other parameters. For example, the URL
format for DynDNS service provided by Dyndns.org is:
http://MYUID:MYPWD@members.dyndns.org/nic/update?hostname=
MYDNS.dyndns.org
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