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      plfinch @amello
      last edited by plfinch

      @amello Refer to the following post for details on a patch required for successful Google Domains Dynamic DNS updating:

      Forum Post

      Peter

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        amello @plfinch
        last edited by

        @plfinch
        Thanks for the tip. I'll check the patch and apply.

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          That patch is in the 'recommended patches' list in the new System Patches package so it's one click to apply it.

          Steve

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            plfinch @stephenw10
            last edited by

            @stephenw10 I was very pleasantly surprised this morning when I updated package patches and saw the list of recommended patches with Redmine numbers listed. This is great!

            Peter

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              bdaniel7 @stephenw10
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              @stephenw10
              Hi, I have the same problem. The response from namecheap is not correctly parsed. I applied the patch for Redmine #12816 to pfSense 2.6.0-RELEASE, but the response is still not parsed. The cached IP still says 0.0.0.0. I have also rebooted the router.

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                last edited by

                What is namecheap responding with?

                Does it correctly update from a different dyndns client?

                Steve

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                  bdaniel7 @stephenw10
                  last edited by

                  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
                  <interface-response>
                  <Command>SETDNSHOST</Command>
                  <Language>eng</Language>
                  <IP>xxx.yyy.zzz.aaa</IP> <---- the IP from my external gateway
                  <ErrCount>0</ErrCount>
                  <errors/>
                  <ResponseCount>0</ResponseCount>
                  <responses/>
                  <Done>true</Done>
                  <debug><![CDATA[]]></debug>
                  </interface-response>

                  I'm only using namecheap for dynamic dns.

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                    bdaniel7 @bdaniel7
                    last edited by

                    I removed the .cache file generated for namecheap, and now when I save the settings for its client, the .cache file contains "0.0.0.0|1661343037", and in the UI it's displayed "0.0.0.0".
                    I also added a freeDNS API Version 2 client, which corectly registers and caches the dynamic IP.

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      Hmm, looks OK. Are you actually seeing the 'Unknown Response' error logged?

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                        bdaniel7 @stephenw10
                        last edited by

                        Yes, this is the log generated after I saved the settings for namecheap:

                        Aug 24 16:23:04	php-fpm	11484	/services_dyndns_edit.php: phpDynDNS (home): (Unknown Response)
                        Aug 24 16:23:04	php-fpm	11484	/services_dyndns_edit.php: phpDynDNS (home): PAYLOAD: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><interface-response><Command>SETDNSHOST</Command><Language>eng</Language><IP>xxx.yyy.zzz.aaa</IP><ErrCount>0</ErrCount><errors /><ResponseCount>0</ResponseCount><responses /><Done>true</Done><debug><![CDATA[]]></debug></interface-response>
                        Aug 24 16:23:04	php-fpm	11484	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Dynamic DNS namecheap (home.XMX.net): _checkStatus() starting.
                        Aug 24 16:23:04	php-fpm	11484	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Response Data: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><interface-response><Command>SETDNSHOST</Command><Language>eng</Language><IP>xxx.yyy.zzz.aaa</IP><ErrCount>0</ErrCount><errors /><ResponseCount>0</ResponseCount><responses /><Done>true</Done><debug><![CDATA[]]></debug></interface-response>
                        Aug 24 16:23:04	php-fpm	11484	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Response Header:
                        Aug 24 16:23:04	php-fpm	11484	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Response Header:
                        Aug 24 16:23:04	php-fpm	11484	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Response Header: alt-svc: h3=":443"; ma=86400, h3-29=":443"; ma=86400
                        Aug 24 16:23:04	php-fpm	11484	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Response Header: cf-ray: 73fc6680cbc5c1af-BUD
                        Aug 24 16:23:04	php-fpm	11484	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Response Header: server: cloudflare
                        Aug 24 16:23:04	php-fpm	11484	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Response Header: expect-ct: max-age=604800, report-uri="https://report-uri.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/beacon/expect-ct"
                        Aug 24 16:23:04	php-fpm	11484	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Response Header: cf-cache-status: DYNAMIC
                        Aug 24 16:23:04	php-fpm	11484	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Response Header: strict-transport-security: max-age=16000000; includeSubDomains
                        Aug 24 16:23:04	php-fpm	11484	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Response Header: strict-transport-security: max-age=16000000; includeSubDomains
                        Aug 24 16:23:04	php-fpm	11484	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Response Header: set-cookie: .s=3b275e1f0d8248488011fad0e6fa3ad4; domain=.www.namecheap.com; path=/; httponly
                        Aug 24 16:23:04	php-fpm	11484	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Response Header: vary: Accept-Encoding
                        Aug 24 16:23:04	php-fpm	11484	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Response Header: content-type: application/json
                        Aug 24 16:23:04	php-fpm	11484	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Response Header: date: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 13:23:04 GMT
                        Aug 24 16:23:04	php-fpm	11484	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Response Header: HTTP/2 200
                        Aug 24 16:23:04	php-fpm	11484	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Dynamic DNS namecheap (home.XMX.net): _update() starting.
                        Aug 24 16:23:04	php-fpm	11484	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Dynamic DNS (home.XMX.net): running get_failover_interface for wan. found igb0
                        Aug 24 16:23:04	php-fpm	11484	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Dynamic DNS namecheap (home.XMX.net): xxx.yyy.zzz.aaa extracted from Check IP Service
                        Aug 24 16:23:03	php-fpm	11484	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Dynamic DNS namecheap (home.XMX.net): _checkIP() starting.
                        Aug 24 16:23:03	php-fpm	11484	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Dynamic DNS: updatedns() starting
                        
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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          Hmm, looks exactly like what that patch should correct.

                          Does it show as applied? Is the change actually present in /etc/inc/dyndns.class?

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                            bdaniel7 @stephenw10
                            last edited by

                            This is the namecheap section in the /etc/inc/dyndns.class file:

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                              SteveITS Galactic Empire @bdaniel7
                              last edited by

                              @bdaniel7 See also thread https://forum.netgate.com/topic/173646/namecheap-dynamic-dns-seems-to-be-broken-again

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                              • stephenw10S
                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                last edited by

                                Hmm, sure looks like the response is correct. 🤔

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                                  bdaniel7 @stephenw10
                                  last edited by

                                  @stephenw10
                                  With my limited php experience I was able to find out the problem.
                                  The response is an xml sent on one line, with the encoding set to utf-16, so line $ncresponse = xml2array(substr($tmp, strpos($tmp, "\n") + 1)); gets executed, and $ncresponse is actually empty.
                                  Which means that $ncresponse does not match any of the ifs. so it ends up in the last else.

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                                    bdaniel7 @bdaniel7
                                    last edited by bdaniel7

                                    I just added this line
                                    $tmp = str_replace("utf-16", "utf-8", $data);
                                    under line
                                    $tmp = str_replace("^M", "", $data);.

                                    It's rather crude, but it works :))

                                    edit:
                                    This could work too: $tmp = str_replace("utf-16\"?>", "utf-16\"?>\n", $data);

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