Dynamic Dns; Figure 2-7 Menu 1 - General Setup - ZyXEL Communications Prestige 314 User Manual

P314 Broadband Sharing Gateway with 4-Port Switch
The fields for General Setup are as shown below. System Name is for identification purposes. However,
because some ISPs check this name you should enter your PC's "Computer Name" (Start -> Settings ->
Control Panel -> Network. Click the Identification tab, note the entry for the Computer name" field). It is the
domain name that will be propagated to the DHCP clients on the LAN. If you leave this blank, the domain
name obtained by DHCP from the ISP is used. While you must enter the host name (System Name) on each
individual machine, the domain name can be assigned from the Prestige via DHCP.
Field
System Name Choose a descriptive name for identification purposes. It is
recommended you enter your computer's "Computer name" in this
field. This name can be up to 30 alphanumeric characters long.
Spaces are not allowed, but dashes "-" and underscores "_" are
accepted.
Domain Name Enter the domain name (if you know it) here. If you leave this field
blank, the ISP may assign a domain name via DHCP. You can go to
Menu 24.8 and type "sys domainname" to see the current domain
name used by your router.
If you want to clear this field just press the [SPACE BAR]. The
domain name entered by you is given priority over the ISP assigned
domain name.
Configure Press the [SPACE BAR] to select Yes or No (default). Select Yes to
configure Menu 1.1 – Configure Dynamic DNS discussed next.

Dynamic DNS

2.7.1 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.) or access your FTP server or Web
site on your own computer using a DNS-like address (e.g. myhost.dhs.org, where myhost is a name of your
2-8
Menu 1 - General Setup
System Name= xxx
Domain Name= zyxel.com.tw
Configure Dynamic DNS= No
Press ENTER to Confirm or ESC to Cancel:
Figure 2-7 Menu 1 – General Setup
Table 2-4 General Setup Menu Field
Description Example
Billy
zyxel.com.tw
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