Topic: Custom dyndns not updating

[ansentry]

I am running SME Server 6.0.1-01.
Mode: Server / gateway

I have a Custom account with dyndns.org, all works fine except that when my dynamic ip changes sme is not updating dyndns.org.

In /sbin/e-smith/dynamic-dns/dyndns.org  if have made the following changes;

system=dyndns\&hostname="$DOMAIN"\&myip="$IPADDR"\&wildcard=ON

to this:

system=custom\&hostname="$DOMAIN"\&myip="$IPADDR"\&wildcard=ON

Before I posted I did a search on custom dyndns and found a post that said that you should change the &wildcard=OFF, does anyone know if this is correct.

Any help would be appreciated.

[tbcomputing]

My custom domain is set up exactly as you wrote and works fine.

Have you filtered your message log by dyndns and looked at the results - it may give some idea of whats wrong.

Tony

[isi]

I had have the same problem.

Try this one:

http://www.e-smith.dyndns.org/filessme6/rpms/sme-ddclient-2.0-6.noarch.rpm

[ansentry]

isi,

Thanks for you reply, what does this rpm do?


Tony,

Thanks for your reply, I have looked at the messages via the server manager and using the filter dyndns I get this:

May 18 10:25:34 sme6 dyndns.org: Unknown response . Status was 0
May 18 11:01:06 sme6 dyndns.org: Unknown response . Status was 0

The last time I used a custom dyndns was with version  5.1 and it worked fine.

I will shut my system and modem down tonight, and see what happens when I restart in the morning.

Any further clues would be appreciated. I have gone into dyndns and updated my IP manually so all is working at the moment.

[isi]

@ansentry

Look at this website:

http://www.e-smith.dyndns.org/

and you will find out.  

It's a new updated ddns client, an it works fine.

cu

[ansentry]

isi,

Don't think that I don't appreciate your advice, however I have been to the site and it does not tell me what it does or where it is installed etc.

After I install it what do I have to do (if anything), does it add an item to the server-manager?

Thanks again,

[isi]

Yes it adds an item to the user panel. Where you can configure your dyndns account.

If it's updated (or not) your ip, the admin account will receive an email with the ip an some infos.

cu

[trampas]

I tried the server manager dyndns rpm that was listed but it does not appear to work.

Specifically my Esmith box is behind a linksys router and as such the old dyndns method using the ethernet IP address will not work.

The only other information I have is that the cron weekly reports line 56 could not connect to website. Other than that I get no other information.

Trampas

[tbcomputing]

My SME box sits behind an ADSL router which spoofs the IP address - i.e. it presents the same IP address to the SME box as it receives from the ISP - then the e-smith dyndns client works fine. Otherwise can you get the IP address from the router  - rather than from the input NIC on your SME box. If not I think the other advise you have received to use a different client is correct

Tony