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Chapter 8. Configuring DDNS

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Configuring DDNS

Dynamic DNS is a service that allows computers to use the same domain name, even when the IP address
changes from time to time (during reboot or when the ISP's DHCP server resets IP leases). RX3041H
connects to a Dynamic DNS service whenever the WAN IP address changes. It supports setting up the web
services such as Web server, FTP server using a domain name instead of the IP address. Dynamic DNS
supports the DDNS clients with the following features:

Update DNS records (addition) when an external interface comes up
Force DNS update

Dynamic DNS supports two modes, namely RFC-2136 DDNS Client and HTTP DDNS Client.

RFC-2136 DDNS Client

domain.com

ISR

Windows 2000

DNS Server

isr.domain.com

Figure 8.1. Network Diagram for RFC-2136 DDNS

Any interface status change to an external interface sends a DDNS update to the DNS server. When
connection to Primary DNS server fails, the RX3041H updates the Secondary DNS server. When a DNS
update is forced by the administrator, update is sent to the server for all active external interfaces.

HTTP Dynamic DNS Client

HTTP DDNS client uses the mechanism provided by the popular DDNS service providers for updating the
DNS records dynamically. In this case, the service provider updates DNS records in the DNS. RX3041H uses
HTTP to trigger this update.

The RX3041H supports HTTP DDNS update with the following service providers:

www.dyndns.org

www.zoneedit.com

www.dns-tokyo.jp