Configuring Dynamic Dns Settings - Patton SmartNode SN101/1JS/E User Manual

SmartNode 100 Series ATA User Manual 8 • Maintenance Settings
4. Select the provisioning protocol to match your environment. Choose between FTP, HTTP or TFTP
5. Enter the address path to access the config file which is to be provisioned
6. Optionally an expiration time may be set for the SN100 to periodically check if there is a new file available
to be provisioned.
7. When you are satisfied with the settings, click the Apply button to save and apply the changes.
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Configuring Dynamic DNS settings

End users of Internet access receive an allocation of IP addresses, often only a single address, by their Internet
service provider. The assigned addresses may be fixed (i.e. static), or may change from time to time, a situation
called dynamic. Dynamic addresses are generally given only to residential customers and small businesses, as
most enterprises specifically require static addresses.
Dynamic IP addresses present a problem if the customer wants to provide a service to other users on the Inter-
net, such as a web service. As the IP address may change frequently, corresponding domain names must be
quickly re-mapped in the DNS, to maintain accessibility using a well-known URL.
Dynamic DNS service addresses this scenario. The automatic reconfiguration is generally implemented in the
user's router or computer, which runs software to update the DDNS service. The communication between the
user's equipment and the provider is not standardized, although a few standard web-based methods of updat-
ing have emerged over time.Dynamic DNS is a service, that provides you with an unchanging Internet domain
name (URL) to go with that (possibly ever changing) IP address.
Do the following to display Dynamic DNS settings:
1. Click on the plus button next to Maintenance to display the sub-categories (see figure 76 on page 120).
2. Click System. The General window displays (see figure 77 on page 121).
3. Click the Dynamic DNS tab to bring it to the front (see figure 80 on page 125).
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