User manual NETGEAR MR814V3 REFERENCE MANUAL

[. . . ] Reference Manual for the MR814 v3 Cable/DSL Wireless Router NETGEAR, Inc. 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA 202-10039-01 Version 1. 0 June 2004 202-10039-01 © 2004 by NETGEAR, Inc. June 2004. Trademarks NETGEAR is a trademark of Netgear, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. [. . . ] Reboot the PC or access its IP configuration and force a DHCP release and renew. To edit or delete a reserved address entry: 1. 2. Click the button next to the reserved address you want to edit or delete. Click Edit or Delete. Using a Dynamic DNS Service If your network has 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 will 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, who will allow you to register your domain to their IP address, and will forward traffic directed at your domain to your frequently-changing IP address. 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 will not be routed on the Internet. The router contains a client that can connect to many popular dynamic DNS services. You can select one of these services and obtain an account with them. Then, whenever your ISP-assigned IP address changes, your router will automatically contact your dynamic DNS service provider, log in to your account, and register your new IP address. From the Main Menu of the browser interface, under Advanced, click on Dynamic DNS. To configure Dynamic DNS: 1. Register for an account with one of the dynamic DNS service providers whose names appear in the `Select Service Provider' box. For example, for dyndns. org, go to www. dyndns. org. 7-9 202-10039-01 Advanced Configuration of the Router Reference Manual for the MR814 v3 Cable/DSL Wireless Router 2. 7. Select the Use a dynamic DNS service check box. Select the name of your dynamic DNS Service Provider. Type the Host Name (or domain name) that your dynamic DNS service provider gave you. Type the User Name for your dynamic DNS account. Type the Password (or key) for your dynamic DNS account. If your dynamic DNS provider allows the use of wildcards in resolving your URL, you may select the Use wildcards check box to activate this feature. For example, the wildcard feature will cause *. yourhost. dyndns. org to be aliased to the same IP address as yourhost. dyndns. org Click Apply to save your configuration. 8. Configuring Static Routes Static Routes provide additional routing information to your router. Under normal circumstances, the router has adequate routing information after it has been configured for Internet access, and you do not need to configure additional static routes. You must configure static routes only for unusual cases such as multiple routers or multiple IP subnets located on your network. From the Main Menu of the browser interface, under Advanced, click on Static Routes to view the Static Route menu, shown below. Figure 7-4. Static Route Summary Table To add or edit a Static Route: 7-10 202-10039-01 Advanced Configuration of the Router Reference Manual for the MR814 v3 Cable/DSL Wireless Router 1. Click the Add button to open the Add/Edit Menu, shown below. Figure 7-5. 8. Static Route Entry and Edit Menu Type a route name for this static route in the Route Name box under the table. [. . . ] It can be expressed in dotted-decimal notation or as a number appended to the IP address. For example, a 28-bit mask starting from the MSB can be shown as 255. 255. 255. 192 or as /28 appended to the IP address. A technique by which several hosts share a single IP address for access to the Internet. A block of information sent over a network. [. . . ]