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Chapter 7 Using Advanced Settings
User Name
Enter the Dynamic DNS user name in this text box.
Password
Enter the Dynamic DNS password in this text box.
Host Name
Enter the full Dynamic DNS domain in this text box.
Wildcard
Select the “Wildcard” check box to have any URL that includes the domain name
(here.yourhost.dyndns.org, for example) to connect.
Mail Exchanger
Enter the mail exchange server address. This will redirect all E-mails arriving at
the Dynamic DNS address to the mail server.
Backup MX
Select this check box to designate the mail exchange server to be a backup server.
IP Address Distribution
The Router’s DHCP server makes it possible to easily add computers configured as
DHCP clients to the network. It provides a mechanism for allocating IP addresses to
these hosts and for delivering network configuration parameters to them.
For example, a client (host) sends out a broadcast message on the network request-
ing an IP address for itself. The DHCP server then checks its list of available address-
es and leases a local IP address to the host for a specific period of time and simul-
taneously designates this IP address as “taken.” At this point, the host is configured
with an IP address for the duration of the lease.