User guide

IP Manager
Rev 3.0D Jul.09 86
internaltothelocalnetworkorfrequentlychangingIP
addresses,theDNSserversprovidedbyProvidershouldbeall
youneed.
IftheRavenXTwillbecommunicatingwithadevicethathasa
domainnamebutchangesitsIPaddressfrequently(suchas
anotherAirLinkmodemusingIPManager)orisonanetwork
wheredevicesareaccessedbynamesratherthanIPaddresses,
youwillwanttoputinan
alternateDNS(*DNSUSER)where
thatdomainisupdated,suchastheIPManagerserverthe
remotemodemisusingorthelistingofIPaddressestonames
iskept.
IfyouneedtomanuallyconfigureDNS,inAceManager,select
DNS.
Figure 9-2: AceManager: DNS
• *DNS1and*DNS2‐TheprimaryandsecondaryDNS
serverssetbyProviderwhenyourRavenXTgetsitsIP
address.
• *DNSUSER‐Setthis,ifdesired,toanadditionalDNS
servertoqueryfirstbeforetheprimaryorsecondary(just
asahostsfileisqueriedfirstonacomputer).If*DNSUSER
issetto0.0.0.0,itwillbeignored.
• *DNSUPDATE‐Thiscommandsetshowoften youwant
DNSUpdatestoberequested.OtherwisetheRavenXT
willonlysendupdateswhenitisreset,poweredup,orthe
IPaddressisgrantedbynetworkchanges.
• UseAlternateDNS2‐SetanotherDNSUser.
Note: You can set up a second DNS User, if you have two DNS
users.