NETGEAR N150 Wireless Router WNR1000 - Manual (Page 61)

N150 Wireless Router WNR1000 User Manual
Customizing Your Network Settings 4-5
v1.0, January 2009
Using a Dynamic DNS Service
If your Internet Service Provider (ISP) gave you a permanently assigned IP address, you can
register a domain name and have that name linked with your IP address by public Domain Name
Servers (DNS). However, if your Internet account uses a dynamically assigned IP address, you do
not know in advance what your IP address will be, and the address can change frequently. In this
case, you can use a commercial Dynamic DNS service, which allows you to register your domain
to their IP address, and forwards traffic directed at your domain to your frequently changing IP
address.
Your router contains a client that can connect to the Dynamic DNS service provided by
DynDNS.org. You must first visit their website at
www.dyndns.org and obtain an account and host
name, which you specify 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 hostname.dyndns.org.
Select Dynamic DNS under Advanced in the main menu. The Dynamic DNS screen displays.
To configure for a Dynamic DNS service:
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.
Note: If your ISP assigns a private WAN IP address (such as 192.168.x.x or 10.x.x.x), the
Dynamic DNS service will not work because private addresses are not routed on
the Internet.
Figure 4-3