Your Personal Ftp Server; Set Up A New Dynamic Dns Account - NETGEAR Nighthawk D7000 User Manual

Nighthawk AC1900 WiFi VDSL/ADSL Modem Router Model D7000
Set Up and Manage Dynamic DNS
Internet service providers (ISPs) assign numbers called IP addresses to identify each Internet account.
Most ISPs use dynamically assigned IP addresses. This means that the IP address can change at any
time. You can use the IP address to access your network remotely, but most people do not know what
their IP address is or when this address changes.
To make it easier to connect, you can get a free account with a Dynamic DNS service that lets you use
a domain name to access your home network. To use this account, you must set up the modem router
to use Dynamic DNS. Then the modem router notifies the Dynamic DNS service provider whenever its
IP address changes. When you access your Dynamic DNS account, the service finds the current IP
address of your home network and automatically connects you.
If your ISP assigns a private WAN IP address (such as 192.168.x.x or 10.x.x.x), the Dynamic DNS service
does not work because private addresses are not routed on the Internet.

Your Personal FTP Server

With your customized free URL, you can use FTP to access your network when you are not home through
Dynamic DNS. To set up your FTP server, you must register for a NETGEAR Dynamic DNS (DDNS)
service account and specify the account settings (see
To set up your personal account and use FTP:
1. Get your NETGEAR Dynamic DNS domain name.
For more information, see
2. Make sure that your Internet connection is working.
Your modem router must use a direct Internet connection. It cannot connect to a different router to
access the Internet.
3. Connect a USB storage device to one of the USB ports of the modem router.
4. Set up FTP access on the modem router.
For more information, see
5. On a remote computer with Internet access, you can use FTP to access your modem router using
ftp://yourname.mynetgear.com, in which yourname is your specific domain name.
For more information, see

Set Up a New Dynamic DNS Account

NETGEAR offers you the opportunity to set up and register for a free Dynamic DNS account.
Manage Dynamic DNS and Access Storage Devices Through the Internet
Set Up a New Dynamic DNS Account
Set Up FTP Access Through the Internet
Use FTP to Access Storage Devices Through the Internet
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