Domain
Port Relay Setup for Dynamic DNS Application users.
If
you are using the Web-Based interface, Click
Here to go to the Domain Port Relay Setup for Web-Based
Interface Users.
How
does the Port Relay work?
Instructions
for Setting Up Basic Port Relay.
Instructions
for Setting Up Dynamic Port Relay.
Known
issues with Port Relay.
How
does the Port Relay work?
Port relay works by directing your web traffic to our
web server, once the person browsing your web site hits our
server we grab the web address they typed into their web browser
and cross reference it with our database and pull up the redirect
address you are pointing your web traffic to, and redirect
the browser to your server address on the port you specified
within an invisible frame.
Instructions
for Setting Up Basic Port Relay:
If you are relaying a static IP address (an address that does
not change), the setup for port relay is fairly straightforward:
Log on to your account using the Dynamic DNS Application.
After you've logged in, click the Add button which will open
up the add record screen shown below. Choose the domain you
wish to add port relay to, select the Port Relay record type,
and fill in the "Pointing To" and "Port"
fields.
Pointing
to: The "Pointing To" address is the address
people will be redirected to when they enter your web address
(for example "http://www.georgeluis.com") into their
web browser. You may insert a fixed address, a web site or
let the application automatically enter an address by checking
the "Automatic IP Resolution" box. If you wish to
redirect people to an alternate port such as port 8080, your
local web server must be configured to receive HTTP requests
on that port. (Here's a link to "How
to change the port IIS uses") You also have the ability
to relay people going to your domain such as http://www.georgeluis.com
to another web site by typing in the address you want them
redirected to such as http://members.aol.com/mysite/. You
cannot however point them directly to a web page (I.E.: http://members.aol.com/mysite/default.asp).
The same rule applies if you're pointing them to an IP address
(I.E.: http://68.15.187.28:8080/default.asp).
Note:
A root domain is a domain that has no prefix before it: "yourdomain.com"
is a root domain, "www.yourdomain.com" is a sub
domain. If someone enters http://yourdomain.com into their
browser, they are going to the root domain, if they enter
http://www.yourdomain.com they are going to the "www"
sub domain of yourdomain.com. Most web surfers are unaware
that there is a separate record for each of these locations.
Because some web surfers use the root domain address and some
use the sub-domain address, you may want to set create relayed
records for your root domain (yourdomain.com) and your sub
domain (www.yourdomain.com) and point to the same location.
Instructions
for Setting Up Dynamic Port Relay:
If the IP address that you are setting up a port relay on
is a Dynamic IP address (one that changes at an interval defined
by your Internet Service Provider), the setup requires a different
approach from the one used for setting up the Basic Port Relay:
First log in to your account using the Dynamic DNS Application.
After you've logged in, click the Add button which will open
up the add record screen shown below. Choose the domain you
wish to add port relay to, select the A record type, and name
this record (relay is a good name, since it's easy to remember).
Select the "Automatic IP Resolution" checkbox. Your
Current IP address will be entered in the Pointing To field
automatically. Click the Update/Add button to complete this
step and return to the main status window.
Adding the Port Relay Record(s): Next, click the Add
button again to open up the add record screen shown below.
Choose the domain you wish to add port relay to and select
the Port Relay record type. Leave the Name field blank. In
the Pointing To field, add relay.yourdomain.com, replacing
"yourdomain.com" with your domain name. Enter a
port number to relay to in the Port field (This can be any
port, many people like to use 8080 as it is easy to remember.).
Make sure that the Automatic IP Resolution checkbox is NOT
selected. Click the Update/Add button to complete this step
and return to the main status window.
Optional: Add a record pointing to a subdomain. Following
the same basic steps as before, you can add a subdomain to
the port relay such as "www". This allows a person
surfing to your website to enter http://yourdomain.com OR
http://www.yourdomain.com and still reach your relayed web
site. An example is shown below.
Known
issues with Port Relay:
HTTP Relay
does not work with Mail, FTP, Telnet or any other type of
records. HTTP Relay will only work with web traffic. Most
ISP's only block web traffic on port 80. To set up other records
such as Mail, FTP, Telnet you must use the Add/Edit Domain
Records menu selection. Please see setting
up DNS records for more information.
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the use of our products please visit our Online Support
Forum.