DDNS Updater DDNS updater

[HKOCH]

Why do I have to enter IP when using the gratisdns.dk

I belived that this module's purpose was to tell gratisdns (or other DNS server) which IP is the current one to if it change it will be told automatically to a DNS server. Or have I missed something here ?

thanks !
Henrik J. Koch

 

[QTip]

You don't have to enter a ip, leave the field blank and DDNS updater use your current ip. This is the preferred variant, so that DDNS updater detects a IP change and can perform a upgrade.

 

[HKOCH]

Thx.

Thank you - I see

By the way - how can I see that the gratisdns.dk server accepts this URL call - and I'm okay ?

Nothing is being shown as a "OK" it's working.

By the way QTip. Nice initiative - wonderfull idea this app.

 

[QTip]

What response is in the field 'last status' and which icon color is shown in the first field?

 

[HKOCH]

Please see attached picture

 

[QTip]

Can you show me the log entry for this, pls remove credentials if any.

 

[HKOCH]

2014/03/30 21:29:45 FAILED : updating xxYYYYYY: Could not connect to ssl.gratisdns.dk.
2014/03/30 21:29:45 WARNING : cannot send to ssl.gratisdns.dk:443 (Bad file descriptor).
2014/03/30 21:29:44 INFO : service started

 

[QTip]

Could you create a debug.log?

How-To generate a debug.log:

• stop DDNS updater, time for the last update attempt should be min. 15 min
• open DDNS updater in a new window - right-click on the icon in the menu or from the desktop of DSM and select "Open in New Window"
• append ?debug=1 behind the url in the browser and then call the url
• after a short time a download dialog appears, save the file (popup blocker could prevent this)
• pack the file with a packer again and protect it with a password
• upload the file here, possibly rename the ending in .txt
• tell me the password via PM

 

[HKOCH]

Answer

this is the file

 

[HKOCH]

Hi QTip. Did you get the file and are you able to read it?
// Henrik

 

[QTip]

Yes, but I can analyze it it first this evening.

 

[bfpears]

@HKOCH are you sure that "wildcards" = "on" is the right konfiguration?
the most DYN Service i know dont support wildcards.

 

[QTip]

Hi QTip. Did you get the file and are you able to read it?
// Henrik

2 notes:

• gratisdns.dk can only used with ssl connections, therefore you must install ipkg and the ipkg packages perl + perl-IO-Socket-SSL the Synology Perl package don't provide this. After installation of the missing files you must select "use ssl" in the options dialog
• you must put the full host.domain.com in the field hostname, DDNS updater split this in the relevant parts

Please try again after you have completed the above steps, a look at the log is usefull to see what happens.

 

[FrankP]

2 notes:

• gratisdns.dk can only used with ssl connections, therefore you must install ipkg and the ipkg packages perl + perl-IO-Socket-SSL the Synology Perl package don't provide this. After installation of the missing files you must select "use ssl" in the options dialog

• 
  
  Since the update to DSM 5.0, I have been unable to get DDNS Updater to use IPKG Perl at all, so I can't use SSL. It worked fine in 4.x. If I don't install Synology Perl, DDNS Updater won't work at all.

 

[QTip]

Since the update to DSM 5.0, I have been unable to get DDNS Updater to use IPKG Perl at all, so I can't use SSL. It worked fine in 4.x. If I don't install Synology Perl, DDNS Updater won't work at all.

Is the problem the installation of ipkg? I use a DS214play with DSM 5 and ipkg + perl + ssl, all running fine.

 

[FrankP]

Is the problem the installation of ipkg? I use a DS214play with DSM 5 and ipkg + perl + ssl, all running fine.

I'm not sure if ipkg is the problem. I can run perl from the shell and it picks the ipkg one, but ddns seems not to want to use it. I was originally on 4.x, installed the 5.0 beta, then the 5.0 release. When I moved to 5.0 beta, ddns quit working. Since it was all beta, I let it go until 5.0 final was released. I have since ripped out ipkg, perl, ssl and so forth and re-installed everything starting with the bootstrapper with no difference. The only thing I have not done was wipe the NAS and start over (for obvious reasons).

If I launch ddns, I just get a blank screen with a tool window (I can post a screen shot). If I then install Synology perl, ddns comes up, but obviously has no SSL support.

Also, I am very slowly learning German from reading synology-forum.de. Thanks for putting up with my English in the meantime.