Minicom Advanced Systems RJ-45 - Manual (Page 26)

SMART IP LINK
Bandwidth limit
The maximum network traffic allowed through the IP Link Ethernet device.
37. Dynamic DNS
Minicom provides a Dynamic DNS service. See Figure 17.
IP Link
Internet
Dynamic DNS server
www.dyndns.minicom.com
Administrator PC
DSL
Dynamic IP
NAT
DSL router
LAN
Server
Figure 17 Dynamic DNS scenario
IP Link is reachable via the IP address of the DSL router, which is dynamically
assigned by the provider. Since the administrator doesn't know the IP address
assigned by the provider, IP Link connects to a special dynamic DNS server in
regular intervals and registers its IP address there. The administrator can contact this
server as well and pick up the same IP address belonging to his IP Link.
The administrator has to register a IP Link that is supposed to take part in the service
with the Dynamic DNS Server. He will get an approved nickname and password in
return to the registration process. This account information is needed in order to
determine the IP address of the registered IP Link.
To enable the Dynamic DNS:
1. Ensure the IP Link LAN interface is properly configured.
2 . From the bottom of the Network Settings page click Dynamic DNS settings. The
Dynamic DNS Settings appear. See Figure 18.
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