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SmartWare Software Configuration Guide 29 • DynDNS configuration
Configuring advanced DynDNS settings (optional)
Defining a mail exchanger for your hostname
If required, you can define a mail exchanger or a backup mail exchanger for your hostname on the
DynDNS server.
Mode: DynDNS
Example: Defining a mail exchanger
The following example shows how to define a mail exchanger named mail.mycompany.com, which should be
used as the primary mail-exchanger for the registered DynDNS hostname.
node>enable
node#configure
node(cfg)#context ip
node(ctx-ip)[router]#dyndns
node(dyndns)#mail-exchanger mail.mycompany.com
Troubleshooting
The DynDNS component provides several commands to analyze and solve DynDNS problems. You can
retrieve basic DynDNS status information as follows:
Mode: DynDNS
Example: Displaying DynDNS status information
The following example displays status information of a properly configured and working DynDNS client.
node(dyndns)#show dyndns
Current state: Idle
Last registered address: 243.232.39.64
Hostname: test.dyndns.org
You can also monitor current activities of the DynDNS client. This includes ongoing DNS queries for
DynDNS servers, verification of the currently registered IP address and updating the registration on the
DynDNS server. The debug monitor can be enabled as follows;
Mode: Configure
Step Command Purpose
1 node(dyndns)# mail-exchanger
hostname [backup-mx]
Defines the host, which is the mail exchanger for your host-
name. If the backup-mx parameter is specified, the mail-
exchanger will be registered as backup mail exchanger only
Step Command Purpose
1 node(dyndns)#show dyndns Display basic DynDNS status information
Step Command Purpose
1 node(cfg)#debug dyndns Enable the DynDNS debug monitor