Setting up openDNS with noIP.com

Question

Excuse the cross posting but seems not many users with my new router nighthawk MK83.
I'm setting up the MK83 to use OpenDNS. what I've done so far.
I changed the DNS numbers on the router to the OpenDNS numbers.
Registered with OpenDNS and added my network with the IP detected by OpenDNS.
I went to the router settings / Advanced set up / Dynamic DNS and selected use Dynamic DNS service. ater creating an account with NoIP.com and entered my login info. clicked status and got a good response. (<userename.****.net> updated successfully at 12:45AM,08/02/2021) user name and *** just in case... LOL
and that is how far I got.... what I'm I supposed to do after ? so that OpenDNS gets my new IP if and when it changes. or is that alll I need. to do?

So noIP.com had me change my IP in my noIP account to 1.1.1.1 and restart my router. to verify that the IP would get updated. well. it didn't. what am I missing?

Thanks.

antinode · Answer

&gt; Registered with OpenDNS and added my network with the IP [address]&gt; detected by OpenDNS.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Protocol&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That's a start.&nbsp; I have a real domain, so I don't do this stuff, so Iknow nothing, but, as I read the instructions, there's more to be done:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; https://support.opendns.com/hc/en-us/articles/227987787&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6. Check the box to "Enable dynamic IP update." Be sure to apply&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; your settings at the bottom of the page.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; As I understand ("understand") this stuff...&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; DDNS is independent of OpenDNS.&nbsp; Your NoIP DDNS stuff should workregardless of whether you use OpenDNS.&nbsp; DDNS lets you reference yourrouter's public (WAN/Internet) interface by DNS name, even when itsunderlying IP address changes.&nbsp; For that to work, you need to keep yourDDNS provider (NoIP) informed when your router's public (WAN/Internet)IP address changes.&nbsp; That updating job is done by an updater which isbuilt into the router firmware.&nbsp; (It's not hard for the router to noticewhen its own WAN/Internet IP address changes.)&nbsp;&nbsp; As you might guess from the fact that OpenDNS asks for your(router's WAN/Internet) public IP address, OpenDNS associates yourcustom settings with that IP address.&nbsp; If that IP address changes, thenyour router will lose its association with those OpenDNS customsettings.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To keep your OpenDNS custom settings associated with your _changing_public IP address, you need to keep OpenDNS informed of such addresschanges.&nbsp; The NoIP DDNS updater in your router firmware doesn't do thatjob; it doesn't tell OpenDNS anything.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; https://support.opendns.com/hc/en-us/articles/227987787 (again)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 7. Learn how to keep your address updated. If you don't keep the&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; IP [address] updated, your preferences will not be applied, and&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; your statistics will not be collected - although you will still&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; be using OpenDNS.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 8. Download, install and run the Dynamic IP Updater client on a&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; computer that is powered on 24/7, or started up daily and does&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; not leave your home network.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; From that, I gather that you can get an _OpenDNS_ updater which_will_ do that job.&nbsp; But it won't be running on your router.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; But what do I know?&nbsp;&gt; [...] my question is more of the generic kind. [...]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Perfectly reasonable.&nbsp; Advice to post in a desert is about as helpfulas an annoying animated icon.

FURRYe38 · Answer

Please post bout this here in the Nighthawk MESH forum:https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-Mesh-System/bd-p/en-home-nighthawk-mesh-system&nbsp;Thank you.&nbsp;

in2ndo · Answer

Thank you for reply. I did post in that forum. But I guess not many use this router yet. So people that are familiar with it are almost none. I decided to post here. Because my question is more of the generic kind. Since this settings probably apply to a lot of other models. But thank you for your help.

FURRYe38 · Answer

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-Mesh-System/MK80-and-OpenDNS/td-p/2119988/jump-to/first-unread-message

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