After you confirm that simply run the commands on your freenas server or jail and it should update to Freenas's external IP address and confirm that this is working. Your service should update your dns name to that public IP address. Now what you can do to test is type in the above line (with your corrected variables of course!) into a web browser on a device that has a different external IP address. (keep in mind, these commands are for domains! Not duckdns) using namecheap I made a script that my cron job runs: (using made up variables of course) I use a similar curl technique for a domain I purchased. I don't use the built in DDNS or inadyn services. These curl commands can also be done via a web browser. Not found1316153Validation error not found However, when I set up a cron job using /usr/local/bin/curl ĭate?host=mysubdomain&domain=&password=xxxxxxx via a browser on another PC, it works fine. I'll leave this here in case someone else has a similar issue.Īny idea why I'm having an issue with this? I attempted to set this up using NameCheap's DDNS. If there is some sort of a problem, it'll return 'KO'.ĮDIT: Nm, putting quotes around the URL did the trick. Where mysubdomain is your subdomain of Īnd token is the long sequence of random characters on the duckdns home page.įrom your user account first to make sure that the command actually works. You can have it at 1 minute past the hour, every 12 hours (or less), every day of the week. Go to System->Cron Jobs->Add New Cron Jobī.

Get your token (a very long sequence of random characters on the home page)Ĥ. Luckily they offer a super-simple configuration.ġ. It's free (as in beer) but not supported in most firmwares. So I scrounged around for a free alternative.ĭ is one that's getting a bit of attention. Yes, it's very cheap but I only have one dyndns that I need (my Freenas server) and it seemed excessive. I got sick of no-ip's constant nagging to upgrade to their paid service.

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