User's Manual

18 LT-9064 Rev A Altum AC 600 User Manual
Chapter 4: Services Tab
The Services top-level tab contains the configuration
pages for Dynamic DNS and Discovery.
4.1 Dynamic DNS
The domain name system (DNS) translates a URL like
www.yahoo.com to an IP address like 206.190.36.45.
Dynamic DNS (DDNS) allows the with the public IP
address to be reached from the internet via a URL
even if its IP address is dynamically changing.
Enable: Enables the dynamic DNS.
Event interface: Chooses the interface, e.g. LAN or
WAN, for which “interface up” would run the DDNS
script process.
Service: Chooses the DDNS service provider e.g. no-
ip.com.
Hostname: Specifies the hostname e.g. y0033.no-
ip.biz.
Username: Sets the username registered for the
DDNS service.
Password: Sets the password registered for the DDNS
service.
Source of IP Address: Configures the source of the IP
address information. The default is URL.
URL: Sets the URL of the source of the IP address
information e.g. http://checkip.dyndns.com/.
Check for changed IP every: The default is to check
the IP address every 1 minute.
Force update every: The default is to force update
every 72 hours.
4.2 Discovery
Enable: Allows the Device Name and Last IP address
of the wireless station to be discovered by the
wireless access point. The functionality is similar to
the Cisco Discovery Protocol. Discovery is enabled by
default.
Figure 33: The Services → Discovery page.
Figure 32: The Services → Dynamic DNS page.