![]() ![]() The status will report either the last successful update (or unsuccessful one) or a notice displaying that your IP has not been updated since you added the service. To address point 1), the service is designed to update your IP address when your IP address changes. Without a change, it will say waiting for first update until the first IP address update. ![]() The router will not let me leave any of the fields I asked for blank. Here's a screenshot of the interface, but all I need is the values for the fields. The user guide (attached) does not cover the 'advanced' functions). Mine is a Huawei HG523a - many of the big ISPs here in the UK use this or similar models, so it is very common here. My router has an interface to the GNUDip.http protocl that is used to update DynDNS and other services - I hope it does not matter which router it is, so didn't name it - every router that uses the same protocol should presumably ask the same questions I wanted answers to. That's worth real money to any company and OpenDNS seems to want that sort of success. The opportunity for OpenDNS to offer an automatic service (maybe based on one of the management protocols) is clear to me, so why don't they do it? A domain services company (DynDNS) got their credentials in almost every modern router by default at very little cost to DynDNS. How does OpenDNS give me their nameserver response if it does not know my public IP address?Įveryone using OPENDNS as their nameservers (which I guessed would be everyone reading this forum) is constantly exchanging UDP traffic with Open DNS. >" as OPENDNS always knows my public IP address" Thanks rotbiltz - I thought I was communicating with OpenDNS - it is good of you to help and I appreciate it. ![]() Thanks for your patience in dealing with these issues - please accept that you may have an opportunity to improve the quality of your service here, as I reckon I'm not the only idiot among your users. Routers nowadays have USB ports for hard drives - if an ordinary home user has stored their photos on a router-attached hard drive, why do they need to leave their PC on at home all day (and not able to sleep) when they want to access their photos from work? I am sure the DNS infrastructure at OPENDNS is elegant and wastes nothing, so why ask your users to waste CPU cycles and power? Q3) Why do you want people to install client updater software on their PCs? Your docs ask that the device with the client updater on it is always on - that is such as waste when the only device that needs to be on is the router and, when that is on, you guys know the IP address anyway. Q2) I don't see why, as OPENDNS always knows my public IP address and you guys created DNS-O-MATIC, anyone ever needs a client updater. Server port: what do I put? I put 80 as I couldn't see anything about any special ports anywhere Server Address: what do I put? 67.215.65.132 is the DNSOMATIC IP address, so that's what I put? User name: the email address registered as part of my account at Host: Wanted to use the 'network 'LABEL' given in my OpenDNS account dashboard, but instead used: Q1) I wanted to use my router to update DNS-O-MATIC directly, but am stuck with some of the field entries: So I abandoned OPENDNS and have been relying on the service built into my router but now they are abolishing their free accounts. Why were all the services I added still "waiting for the first update"? When I do and login with my username and password, it gives me my dynamic IP so I guess something is working, but what? Please improve the documentation, I want you guys to stay in business!įor example, I read on the forum that, among the many hidden 'gotchas', you need to use -you guys could think about making that better known. I see there are quite a few posts from people who are mystified - guess most abandon OPENDNS without posting. I added, dnsexit,com and recently, as I read that it didn't work and got fixed. I have tried hard to make OPENDNS work with DNS-O-MATIC but I could never get the OPENDNS service in DNS-O-MATIC to update the other services I tried, despite reading all the forum posts and having a lot of experience with IP generally over many years. ![]()
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