Maintainin multiple dyndns accounts from wl500g.

[don tunante]

I don't know if you will find my solution more elegant, but it's simple

I created /etc/ddns.conf:

daemon
period=300
retrys=2016
resolv-period=300
max-interval=2073600 #24 days in sec
interface=ppp0
service-type=dyndns
user=<<username>>:<<password>>
host=<<host1>>,<<host2>>...
wildcard

then I put the folloving line into /usr/local/sbin/post-mount (has to be executable):

#!/bin/sh
...
ez-ipupdate -c /etc/ddns.conf

there will be checked every 5min if the IP address changed, if yes, it will be updated at dyndns

on the web interface dyndns client is set to no

[impossible]

Slightly deviating from the post,

I have noticed that my wl-500 doesnt auto update the dyndns settins i have entered. I have checked though the logs and cant see any record of it doing this.

I will attempt to fall back on don tunante's solution as I only have a single domain to update. Just would like to comment on a few things as im new to the *nix game.

daemon Not sure what this line does
period=300 is this the 5 min timer, i assume that due to my high lease time I could set this to 2/3 days at a time?
retrys=2016 Not sure what this line does
resolv-period=300 Not sure what this line does
max-interval=2073600 #24 days in sec Not sure what this line does
interface=ppp0 this is the wan port
service-type=dyndns Is this just a lable for the service?
user=<<username>>:<<password>> Username and password for dyndns
host=<<host1>>,<<host2>>... Multiple dyndns accounts
wildcard Domain wild card

Now would this file be called ddns.conf and that configs made executable?

Then a line is added to /usr/local/sbin/post-mount to run the script, Correct?
and I thanks to your post, I understand I have to disable the gui dyndns update (which does not work atm for myself)

I have cron already running, and would like to get the dyndns problem sorted.

Thanks for the post, if you could answer my comments this would be great.

Thanks

Imp

[don tunante]

daemon ez-ipupdate will run as a daemon, stays running
period=300 period between update attempts, checks every 5 min. if public IP address has changed
retrys=2016 if the update process fails it will try 2016 times
resolv-period=300 time between failed resolve attempts
max-interval=2073600 max. time between updates see why
interface=ppp0 ip of this interface will be monitored
service-type=dyndns service, like in the drop-down list in the GUI
user=<<username>>:<<password>> Username and password for dyndns
host=<<host1>>,<<host2>>... host names registered at dynDNS
wildcard enable wildcard

I gave the name for this configuration file /etc/ddns.conf, and it hasn't to be executable

/usr/local/sbin/post-mount has to be executable and include the line

ez-ipupdate -c /etc/ddns.conf

yes, you have to disable the DynDNS feature in the GUI

using this configuration file you don't need cron, as ez-ipupdate will run as a daemon and check every 5 min. if the IP address of the ppp0 interface has changed (you can't be sure, when exactly it will change, even in case of a longer lease time), if yes, then updates it at DynDNS, and if there is no connection to DynDNS, it will keep trying 2016 times, every 5 min. (1 week)

More about ez-ipupdate

[impossible]

Thanks for the great reply,

One more question....

do I have to keep the << >>'s around my ursername and password/host?

Edit, you dont need the << >>'s and I had to change my interface=ppp0 to interface=vlan1


Imp

[TReVoR]

Hi guyz

I've configured ez-ipupdate to maintain one dynamic domain, and it works perfectly.

Now, I'ld like to maintain multiples domains, which are not hosted by the same service (dyndns and zoneedit, by the way).
Does anyone know how to do this ? I've tried 2 differents configuration files, but it seems to be impossible tu run multiple instances of ez-ipupdate.

Thanks in advance

[blkopsmeister]

Helooooo
@don tunante: Thanks for the tut. It work great.

[Tamadite]

I have detected that the "wildcard" parameter in the .conf file for ez-ipupdate does not properly applies with dyndns.org. I can see in dyndns.org the IP gets updated but the wildcard checkbox.

One thing that seems somehow strange in the .conf file is that the "wildcard" parameter stands alone and not belonging to any specific domain. Does it mean that all multiple domains defined in the .conf file will be affected by this parameter? In dyndns.org every domain has its own wildcard checkbox.

I have not found how to get this to work yet.

[sonice]

Hi there, I have a question in regards of this line:

interface=ppp0 ip of this interface will be monitored

Should it be the same for both DSL and Cable modem connections?

Thanks.

[don tunante]

Hi there, I have a question in regards of this line:



Should it be the same for both DSL and Cable modem connections?

Thanks.

ppp0 is suitable for PPPOE connections, for DHCP connections it's

interface=vlan1