Ip address distribution – Actiontec MI424WR (GigE) User Manual

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Chapter 8 Using Advanced Settings

User Name
Enter the Dynamic

DNS

user name in this text box.

Password
Enter the Dynamic

DNS

password in this text box.

Host Name
Enter the full Dynamic

DNS

domain in this text box.

Wildcard
Select the “Wildcard” check box to have any

URL

that includes the domain name

(here.yourhost.dyndns.org, for example) to connect.

Mail Exchanger
Enter the mail exchange server address. This will redirect all E-mails arriving at
the Dynamic

DNS

address to the mail server.

Backup MX
Select this check box to designate the mail exchange server to be a backup server.

IP Address Distribution

The Router’s

DHCP

server makes it possible to easily add computers configured as

DHCP

clients to the network. It provides a mechanism for allocating

IP

addresses to

these hosts and for delivering network configuration parameters to them.

For example, a client (host) sends out a broadcast message on the network request-
ing an

IP

address for itself. The

DHCP

server then checks its list of available address-

es and leases a local

IP

address to the host for a specific period of time and simul-

taneously designates this

IP

address as “taken.” At this point, the host is configured

with an

IP

address for the duration of the lease.

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