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40 Accessing via Network
8.1 ing the router
In this section, the setup program of WRT54G , which is a router man-
ufactured by Linksys , will be referred to as an example of how to con-
e the router for network access.
NOTE
For detailed description about how to set up the router, refer to the
manual of your router.
8.1.1 To access within the local area network
Once your router is powered up, a local area network gets created
whether or not it is connected to the Internet.
You can let the router automatically assign a dynamic IP address to the
computers or devices connected to the network by enabling the DHCP
server of the router. In this case, you can access the digital receiver with
the IP address which is assigned to the digital receiver by the router.
If the digital receiver reboots, a new dynamic IP address will be as-
signed to it. You had better assign a static IP address to the digital
receiver to avoid this inconvenience. As to how to assign a static IP ad-
dress, refer to the manual of your router; as to how to specify a static
IP address on the digital receiver, see §9.2.
8.1.2 To access over the Internet
When you are away from home, you can access the digital receiver
inside your home if your router is d to route access to the
digital receiver by means of port forwarding. Via this feature, your
router will lead you to the digital receiver when you access your router
with its IP address.
Your router may be assigned to a dynamic IP address by an Internet
service provider. So if the router has rebooted, you cannot access it
unless someone in your home can inform you of the changed IP ad-
dress. However, many routers support Dynamic Domain Name Sys-
tem (DDNS) service, which can settle this problem. The following im-
age is an example of one such DDNS service provider.
If you use a DDNS service, you can access your router with a domain
name. The instructions on how to use the DDNS service are as follows:
1. Make an account on a web site providing DDNS service, which
should be supported by your router.
2. e your router with the account so that it can commu-
nicate with the web site.