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Updating multiple hosts with no-ip
Hello all, Juste purchase the Orbi AX6000. I have setup the dynamic DNS with no-ip and it works fine. The problem is that you can only add 1 host to update and i have more than 1. Is there a way aro...
I'm actually accessing 3 devices that are on my LAN. The port forwarding rules works. Each device has a host defined with no-ip. I can managed the hosts and manually update the IP adress thru the no-ip website. What i wanted is for the router to update the 3 hosts and not just 1
jazzboypro wrote:
I'm actually accessing 3 devices that are on my LAN. The port forwarding rules works. Each device has a host defined with no-ip. I can managed the hosts and manually update the IP adress thru the no-ip website. What i wanted is for the router to update the 3 hosts and not just 1
The router has no feature to update additional DDNS entries. I think you have two choices:
- Use a single DDNS name and realize that the application port will direct connections to the correct device.
- Look for software to run on each server to update no-ip.
no-ip.com offers a service (i.e. costs money) that checks every five minutes and will notify you when a server is not reachable using the DDNS entry. That will alert you to log into no-ip.com and update the entry.
Ping Plotter has a feature to do the same thing: https://www.pingplotter.com/manual/dynamic_dns.html
I would pick option #1.
Installing a DDNS client on each device is not possible as they are not computers. For such an expensive router solution the DDNS feature is badly implemented. Having multiple host is not a rarity these days.
I have an open ticket with no-ip. The reason i was looking at the router to do the job is because the no-ip DUC client is not working on my computer. I cant configure the client with the hosts i need to update.
The no-ip DUC client appears to be exactly what you want. At the bottom of the page:
"The installation will complete and the application will ask for your account information. After your username and password have been authenticated you will be shown a list of hostnames. Select the hostnames that you would like updated to the IP address of your computer."
https://www.noip.com/download?page=win
Yes i know, it's not showing the list of hostnames and the edit hosts button does not work, that's why i have an open case with no-ip. It's no big deal, i made everything work with only 1 host. I just reconfigured the application accordingly. I now update the host from the router and no DUC client necessary.
Thanks for all the help