I don't know the Printer setup, but I would hazard a guess it is Multicast DNS, which is one of the ways that that devices can discover each other on a small LAN without needing any configuration.
DDNS will stand for Dynamic DNS, but not specifically DynDNS the company / service.
You can configure devices to register their IP address with DynDNS or other services, but you would not want to do that on the Internet and I have never seen that built into a printer, mainly routers and cameras, something that you might want to connect to remotely, securely.... not a printer as it would be a security risk and god knows what some scumbacg hacker would print out!... or waste your ink/ paper.
The DDNS mentioned is probably more for registering in local DNS, you can setup an internal DNS server (if you have one) to allow the client to register itself into the DNS service, but this is usually done via DHCP, where the DHCP server would register the DNS entry on behalf of the client.... this is how Active Directory integrated DNS / DHCP works... although it might be slightly different these days as it has been a while since I set that up as an integrated deployment.
But I would not think you would need this on a small subnet/ home network. What size of network are you deploying?
Can Billion routers act as WINS servers?
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Re: Can Billion routers act as WINS servers?
The new printer is a laser monochrome intended for IT enthusiasts and small businesses and this particular model was first put on the market by Lexmark about two years ago. That being so and Lexmark having quite a good reputation for design, I wouldn't have thought they'd have put lots of redundant features into the printer or anything that could compromise the LAN's security unless the administrator/user configured the printer in some totally screwy way. But it nonetheless has an awful lot of configurable settings. They're accessible via either frontpanel controls or via the sort of GUI you get when you log into a Billion or almost any other router. Lexmark publish a guide for the settings but, as so often happens with these things, they've rather skipped over the definitions of many of them. Believe me, you can waste a lot of paper, experimenting to discover what many of the settings do.
It's a four-device LAN, utilising fixed IP addresses, that I'm using - two desktop computers and two printers. I use a further printer - a pro-grade colour one - but that one can't be networked, as it's USB-only. I'm using wired Ethernet. Being four devices, I've now used up all available RJ45 ports on the 8800NL, so if I need more I'm going to have to either buy a new router with more ports or get myself an expander switch. At times, I've used an Internet media streamer on one of the 8800's ports but I now implement that in a different way, through one of the computers, so that it doesn't take up an RJ45 port.
The computers are a Mac and a WinXP machine. The older of the two printers is an HP 4 Series laserjet which I bought at huge expense 22 years ago. I've never regretted my initial outlay, though, as it's still going strong - I did a major service on it a few years ago, replacing some rollers, etc - but unfortunately about five years ago HP stopped providing an Apple driver for it, for use under the latest generations of OSX, so thus far I've had to fudge the driver for the Mac by using one for a different model in the old 4 Series. As a consequence, I've had to forfeit some functionality in the laserjet. That and the fact that genuine toner cartridges for it are very difficult to get now finally persuaded me about a month ago to invest in a brand new laser printer, and so hence the Lexmark to which I've referred. I guess that, in time, I'll migrate away from the HP laserjet entirely. In the meantime, it's still ideally suited to the WinXP machine (having the proper driver), so I see no reason not to still use it from time to time.
Incidentally, I've found that, at the very minimum, the new printer has to be configured for a DNS address, and by default this is the router's LAN IP address. Built-in comments seem to suggest that this is required when DHCP or BOOTP is not in use. Without the router being assigned as a DNS, the Mac finds it impossible to discover the HP laserjet on the LAN; actually naming the HP printer doesn't help, because the model name's different for the driver I'm using.
I write a lot of technical articles for hard-copy printing, I write personal letters quite regularly, I print out many a PDF from the Web, and also some webpages from time to time, so an economical monochrome printer is, and always has been, an essential tool to have at hand.
Addendum: Going back to evansnp's comment, there is, in fact, provision for entering a WINS address in the Mac's Network Settings (System Preferences > Network > Advanced button > WINS tab). And, as suggested by evansnp, there's probably a corresponding one on the WinXP machine; I've not looked yet. But perhaps it's either the Mac's or the WinXP's IP address that can and should be set as the WINS address? At present, neither of these two computers are specifically assigned as the administrative one. Maybe I need to decide that?
It's a four-device LAN, utilising fixed IP addresses, that I'm using - two desktop computers and two printers. I use a further printer - a pro-grade colour one - but that one can't be networked, as it's USB-only. I'm using wired Ethernet. Being four devices, I've now used up all available RJ45 ports on the 8800NL, so if I need more I'm going to have to either buy a new router with more ports or get myself an expander switch. At times, I've used an Internet media streamer on one of the 8800's ports but I now implement that in a different way, through one of the computers, so that it doesn't take up an RJ45 port.
The computers are a Mac and a WinXP machine. The older of the two printers is an HP 4 Series laserjet which I bought at huge expense 22 years ago. I've never regretted my initial outlay, though, as it's still going strong - I did a major service on it a few years ago, replacing some rollers, etc - but unfortunately about five years ago HP stopped providing an Apple driver for it, for use under the latest generations of OSX, so thus far I've had to fudge the driver for the Mac by using one for a different model in the old 4 Series. As a consequence, I've had to forfeit some functionality in the laserjet. That and the fact that genuine toner cartridges for it are very difficult to get now finally persuaded me about a month ago to invest in a brand new laser printer, and so hence the Lexmark to which I've referred. I guess that, in time, I'll migrate away from the HP laserjet entirely. In the meantime, it's still ideally suited to the WinXP machine (having the proper driver), so I see no reason not to still use it from time to time.
Incidentally, I've found that, at the very minimum, the new printer has to be configured for a DNS address, and by default this is the router's LAN IP address. Built-in comments seem to suggest that this is required when DHCP or BOOTP is not in use. Without the router being assigned as a DNS, the Mac finds it impossible to discover the HP laserjet on the LAN; actually naming the HP printer doesn't help, because the model name's different for the driver I'm using.
I write a lot of technical articles for hard-copy printing, I write personal letters quite regularly, I print out many a PDF from the Web, and also some webpages from time to time, so an economical monochrome printer is, and always has been, an essential tool to have at hand.
Addendum: Going back to evansnp's comment, there is, in fact, provision for entering a WINS address in the Mac's Network Settings (System Preferences > Network > Advanced button > WINS tab). And, as suggested by evansnp, there's probably a corresponding one on the WinXP machine; I've not looked yet. But perhaps it's either the Mac's or the WinXP's IP address that can and should be set as the WINS address? At present, neither of these two computers are specifically assigned as the administrative one. Maybe I need to decide that?
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