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Chapter 22 DNS Screens
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22.5 The DDNS Screen
First of all, you need to have registered a dynamic DNS account with www.dyndns.org. This is
for people with a dynamic IP from their ISP or DHCP server that would still like to have a
domain name. The Dynamic DNS service provider will give you a password or key.
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You must go to the Dynamic DNS service provider’s website and register a
user account and a domain name before you can use the Dynamic DNS
service with your ZyWALL.
DYNDNS Wildcard
Enabling the wildcard feature for your host causes *.yourhost.dyndns.org to be aliased to the
same IP address as yourhost.dyndns.org. This feature is useful if you want to be able to use,
for example, www.yourhost.dyndns.org and still reach your hostname.
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If you have a private WAN IP address, then you cannot use Dynamic DNS.
IP
Select
From ISP
if your ISP dynamically assigns DNS server information (and
the ZyWALL's WAN IP address). Use the drop-down list box to select a DNS
server IP address that the ISP assigns in the field to the right.
Select
User-Defined
if you have the IP address of a DNS server. Enter the
DNS server's IP address in the field to the right. If you chose
User-Defined
, but
leave the IP address set to 0.0.0.0,
User-Defined
changes to
None
after you
click
Apply
. If you set a second choice to
User-Defined
, and enter the same IP
address, the second
User-Defined
changes to
None
after you click
Apply
.
Select
DNS Relay
to have the ZyWALL act as a DNS proxy. The ZyWALL's
LAN, DMZ or WLAN IP address displays in the field to the right (read-only). The
ZyWALL tells the DHCP clients on the LAN, DMZ or WLAN that the ZyWALL
itself is the DNS server. When a computer on the LAN, DMZ or WLAN sends a
DNS query to the ZyWALL, the ZyWALL forwards the query to the ZyWALL's
system DNS server (configured in the
DNS System
screen) and relays the
response back to the computer. You can only select
DNS Relay
for one of the
three servers; if you select DNS Relay for a second or third DNS server, that
choice changes to
None
after you click
Apply
.
Select
None
if you do not want to configure DNS servers. You must have
another DHCP sever on your LAN, or else the computers must have their DNS
server addresses manually configured. If you do not configure a DNS server,
you must know the IP address of a computer in order to access it.
Apply
Click
Apply
to save your changes back to the ZyWALL.
Reset
Click
Reset
to begin configuring this screen afresh.
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