NETGEAR N600 Wireless Dual Band Router WNDR3400v2 User Manual

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Advanced Settings

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host name that you configure in the router. Then, whenever your ISP-assigned IP address
changes, your router automatically contacts the Dynamic DNS service provider, logs in to
your account, and registers your new IP address. If your host name is hostname, for
example, you can reach your router at

http://hostname.dyndns.org

.

On the Advanced tab, select Advanced Setup > Dynamic DNS to display the following
screen:

Figure 5. Forward traffic to a changing IP address

To set up Dynamic DNS:

1.

Register for an account with one of the Dynamic DNS service providers whose names

appear in the Service Provider list. For example, for DynDNS.org, select

www.dyndns.org.

2.

Select the Use a Dynamic DNS Service check box.

3.

Select the name of your Dynamic DNS service provider.

4.

Type the host name (or domain name) that your Dynamic DNS service provider gave you.

5.

Type the user name for your Dynamic DNS account. This is the name that you use to log in

to your account, not your host name.

6.

Type the password (or key) for your Dynamic DNS account.

7.

If your Dynamic DNS provider allows the use of wildcards in resolving your URL, you can

select the Use Wildcards check box to activate this feature.

For example, the wildcard feature causes *.yourhost.dyndns.org to be aliased to the
same IP address as yourhost.dyndns.org.

8.

Click Apply to save your configuration.

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