ZyXEL Communications P-2302HWL-P1 Series - Manual (Page 107)

P-2302HW/HWL-P1 Series User’s Guide
Chapter 6 WAN 107
6.1.5 DNS Server Address Assignment
The Domain Name entry is what is propagated to the DHCP clients on the LAN. If you leave
this blank, the domain name obtained by DHCP from the ISP is used. While you must enter
the host name (System Name) on each individual computer, the domain name can be assigned
from the ZyXEL Device via DHCP.
Use DNS (Domain Name System) to map a domain name to its corresponding IP address and
vice versa, for instance, the IP address of www.zyxel.com is 204.217.0.2. The DNS server is
extremely important because without it, you must know the IP address of a computer before
you can access it.
The ZyXEL Device can get the DNS server addresses in the following ways.
1 The ISP tells you the DNS server addresses, usually in the form of an information sheet,
when you sign up. If your ISP gives you DNS server addresses, enter them in the DNS
Server fields in the SYSTEM General screen.
2 If the ISP did not give you DNS server information, leave the DNS Server fields in the
SYSTEM General screen set to 0.0.0.0 for the ISP to dynamically assign the DNS server
IP addresses.
6.2 WAN Screens
6.2.1 WAN Internet Connection Screen (Ethernet)
Use this screen to set up an Ethernet connection (no Roadrunner service) with the ISP. To
access this screen, click Network > WAN > Internet Connection.