Domain name system settings, Common commands dynamic dns settings – Netopia 2200 User Manual

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auto - The device will scan for standard telephone service (POTS). If it finds POTS, it dis-
ables metallic termination. If it does not find POTS during the search period, then metal-
lic termination is enabled.

disabled - There is no POTS detection, and metallic termination is disabled.

always_on - The device will scan for POTS for information only. Metallic termination is
always enabled.

Domain Name System Settings

Domain Name System (DNS) is an information ser vice for TCP/IP networks that uses a
hierarchical naming system to identify network domains and the hosts associated with
them. You can identify a primar y DNS ser ver and one secondar y ser ver.

Common Commands

set dns domain-name

domain-name

Specifies the default domain name for your network. When an application needs to resolve
a host name, it appends the default domain name to the host name and asks the DNS
ser ver if it has an address for the “fully qualified host name.”

set dns primary-address

ip_address

Specifies the IP address of the primar y DNS name ser ver.

set dns proxy-enable

This allows you to disable the default behavior of acting as a DNS proxy. The default is

on.

set dns secondary-address

ip_address

Specifies the IP address of the secondar y DNS name ser ver. Enter

0.0.0.0

if your network

does not have a secondar y DNS name ser ver.

Dynamic DNS Settings

These commands are suppor ted beginning with Firmware Version 7.4.2.

Dynamic DNS suppor t allows you to use the free ser vices of www.dyndns.org. Dynamic
DNS automatically directs any public Internet request for your computer's name to your cur-

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