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Actiontec Broadband Router User Manual
Remote Administration
The Router's Remote Administration capabilities are covered in detail in the
"Security" chapter of this manual.
Dynamic DNS
Dynamic
(Domain Name Server) a dynamic
address to be aliased to a static
DNS
IP
hostname, allowing a computer on the network to be more easily accessible from
the Internet. Typically, when connecting to the Internet, the service provider assigns
an unused
address from a pool of
addresses, and this address is used only for
IP
IP
the duration of a specific connection. Dynamically assigning addresses extends the
usable pool of available
addresses, while maintaining a constant domain name.
IP
This allows to user to access a device (a camera, for example) from a remote loca-
tion, since the device will always have the same
address.
IP
When using Dynamic
, each time the
address provided by the
changes,
DNS
IP
ISP
the
database changes accordingly to reflect the change. In this way, even
DNS
though the
address of the computer changes often, its domain name remains
IP
constant and accessible.
Opening a Dynamic DNS Account
To use Dynamic
, a free Dynamic
account must be opened at http://
DNS
DNS
www.dyndns.org/account/create.html.
When applying for an account, a user name and password must be specified. Have
them available when customizing the Router's Dynamic
feature. For more
DNS
information regarding Dynamic
, refer to http://www.dyndns.org.
DNS
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