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Reference Manual for the ProSafe VPN Firewall 25 with 4 Gigabit LAN and Dual WAN Ports
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Connecting the FVS124G to the Internet
202-10085-01, March 2005
Step 5: Configure Dynamic DNS (If Needed)
If your network has a permanently assigned IP address, you can register a domain name and have
that name linked with your IP address by public Domain Name Servers (DNS). However, if your
Internet account uses a dynamically assigned IP address, you will not know in advance what your
IP address will be, and the address can change frequently. In this case, you can use a commercial
dynamic DNS service, which allows you to register an extension to its domain, and restores DNS
requests for the resulting FQDN to your frequently-changing IP address.
which will allow you to register your domain to their IP address, and will forward traffic directed
to your domain to your frequently-changing IP address.
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For rollover mode, you are going to need a fully qualified domain name to implement features
such as exposed hosts and virtual private networks regardless of whether you have a fixed or
dynamic IP address.
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For load balancing mode, you may still need a fully qualified domain name either for
convenience or if you have a dynamic IP address.
The firewall contains a client that can connect to a dynamic DNS service provider. To use this
feature, you must select a service provider and obtain an account with them. After you have
configured your account information in the firewall, whenever your ISP-assigned IP address
changes, your firewall will automatically contact your dynamic DNS service provider, log in to
your account, and register your new IP address.
Perform the following steps to configure Dynamic DNS:
1.
If you haven’t already, log in to the firewall at its default LAN address of
with its default user name of
admin
, default password of
password
, or using whatever
password and LAN address you have chosen for the firewall.
2.
From the Main Menu of the browser interface, under WAN Setup, click on Dynamic DNS.
a.
Rollover Mode: You will get the screen shown in
with AUTO_ROLLOVER
shown in the pulldown.
b.
Load Balancing Mode: Select WAN1 or WAN2 in the pulldown shown in
invoke the appropriate WAN interface to program.