How To Access Your Network On The Internet - Linksys WRT 1900AC User Manual

HOW TO ACCESS YOUR NETWORK ON THE INTERNET

If you want to remotely access a drive attached to your router or view a web camera
on your home network, you need to be able to easily enter your network's address
into a web browser.
Working with a DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name System) service provider, your
router's DDNS feature lets you configure a domain name for your network, which
you can then use to easily find your network on the Internet. If your ISP changes your
network's IP address (which can happen frequently), the DDNS service providers
detect the address change and continue to route your domain name to that address.
Tip:
Before you configure DDNS on your router, you must sign up for DDNS service
from a DDNS service provider that's supported by your router.
To set up DDNS:
Sign up for DDNS service at either www.dyndns.org or www.tzo.com. Note all of
the information provided to you by the DDNS provider.
Log in to Linksys Smart Wi-Fi. (See "How to connect to Linksys Smart Wi-Fi" on
page 7.)
Under Router Settings, click Security, then click the Apps and Gaming tab. The
DDNS screen opens.
In the DDNS Service drop-down list (the list that has Disabled selected by default),
select your DDNS service provider.
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Complete the fields with information provided by your DDNS provider, then
click OK.
To access the network from the Internet, enter the domain name provided by
the DDNS service provider.
To access one of your network devices on the Internet, do the following:
• Configure the router to use port forwarding for the device (see "How to set up
port forwarding for a single port" on page 39). Note the port number used for
the device.
• Enter the domain name for your network followed by a colon and the port
number. For example, if the domain name registered with your DDNS provider
is HappyBunny.linksysnet.com, and your Internet camera has been configured
to use port 1024, you would enter:
HappyBunny.linksysnet.com:1024
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