QuadroCS Manual II: Administrator's Guide
Administrator's Menus
Quadro
CS
(SW Version 3.0.x)
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Dynamic DNS Settings
The
Dynamic DNS
(DynDNS) is a service that is used to map a dynamic IP address to a host name. Thus this service is only makes sense if you
are connected to the Internet with a dynamic IP address (and DHCP client) and want to allow access from the Internet to a device behind the
firewall. For example, if you want to run your own WEB server.
To enable the DynDNS service on Quadro you first have to choose a DynDNS provider and register at his WEB site.
The
Dynamic DNS Settings
page consists of the following
components:
The
Enable Dynamic DNS
checkbox selection enables the
dynamic DNS service.
The
User
text field requires the username specified during the
registration at the DynDNS provider.
The
Password
text field requires the password specified during
the registration at the DynDNS provider.
The
Max time between updates
text field requires entering the
period between two updates (in hours). The values entered in
this field should be greater than 24, otherwise an error occurs:
“Update interval times smaller than 24 hour are too small”.
Normally, whenever you set up a connection to the Internet the
DynDNS is updated at least once in the period indicated in this
field.
The
Use predefined service
radio button leads to the manual
configuration of the DynDNS service. The selection enables the
following optional settings:
The
Service
drop down list contains the provider list where the
administrator needs to select the one to which he has
subscribed.
The
Host
text field requires the name of the host in the Internet.
The
TZO Connection Type
text field is used for
a special
parameter required by the DynDNS provider TZO.
The
DHS Cloak-Title
text field is used for
a special parameter
required by the DynDNS provider DHS.
The
Mail Exchange
text field
requires the address of the e-mail
server, to which the DynDNS service provider will relay your e-
mails.
Attention:
If this service is used, make sure, that there is port
forwarding configured for SMTP (port 25) to the internal e-mail
server.
The
easyDNS Partner
text field is used for
a special parameter
required by the DynDNS provider easyDNS.
Fig.0-69 Dynamic DNS Settings
page
Selected the
Create Custom HTTP GET Request
radio button switches to the custom settings of the DynDNS service. Normally, the DynDNS
provider uses HTTP get requests to map dynamic IP addresses to host names. If the user knows this HTTP get request exactly, the radio button
Create Custom HTTP GET Request
together with the text field
URL
allows to enter it directly.
The selection enables the following optional settings:
The
URL
text field requires the complete request to be sent to the DynDNS server. Normally it has the format:
[http://]www.server.domain:port/scriptpath/scriptname?param1=value1¶m2=value2
The request modifies the nameserver database so that the hostname will be resolved to the new IP address.
The
Basic Authentication
checkbox enables the encoding of the username and password entered in the text fields above and then uses the
Basic
Authentication
method to notify the provider about the user authentication settings.
Most of the DynDNS providers require an authentication for safety reasons. The user can do that either together with the HTTP get request in the
text field
URL
or select the checkbox
Basic Authentication.