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    "The Hostname contains invalid characters" Namecheap with v2.1

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    • J
      JohnnyBeGood
      last edited by

      @kejianshi:

      Why would anyone use a name with @. in it?  Accident?

      I'm trying to update mydomain.com not just test.mydomain.com that's why @ is needed.

      
      Namecheap
      Note: To update an @ record, use @.yourdomain.com for the hostname.
      
      

      https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Dynamic_DNS

      I like to fill my tub up with water, then turn the shower on and act like I'm in a submarine that's been hit!

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        kejianshi
        last edited by

        Ahhhhhh… :D

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          JohnnyBeGood
          last edited by

          @kejianshi:

          Ahhhhhh… :D

          I'm hoping this is easy fix. It would really suck if this was overlooked with v2.1  :(

          I like to fill my tub up with water, then turn the shower on and act like I'm in a submarine that's been hit!

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          • jimpJ
            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
            last edited by

            There was a discussion here on the forum about this already with a workaround. Search the forum a bit and you'll hit it.

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              JohnnyBeGood
              last edited by

              @jimp:

              There was a discussion here on the forum about this already with a workaround. Search the forum a bit and you'll hit it.

              Thank you so much for the reply. Knowing there's a workaround I will definitely take a deeper look.

              I like to fill my tub up with water, then turn the shower on and act like I'm in a submarine that's been hit!

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                borgotech
                last edited by

                Hi,
                i think  u can take a look at my post http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,66769.0.html and u will find a solution as i find. Try to add separate entries for your hosts ex: domain.com (without @);host1.domain.com;host2.domain.com) with @domain.com i think Namecheap is updating all your records(i'm not sure because i'm using DNSExit).Try  separate entries to see if works.

                King Regards

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                  kejianshi
                  last edited by

                  Where is my face-palm icon…  I'm not smart enough to have tried anything else.  That would have been my first choice.

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                    JohnnyBeGood
                    last edited by

                    @kejianshi:

                    Where is my face-palm icon…  I'm not smart enough to have tried anything else.  That would have been my first choice.

                    I was searching thru the forums thinking there was better solution to update all at once like it was before.
                    At least I know what's the solution.
                    Thanks!

                    I like to fill my tub up with water, then turn the shower on and act like I'm in a submarine that's been hit!

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                      kejianshi
                      last edited by

                      Yeah - I always updated 1 by one, but thats mainly because I didn't know to do it the other way.  :P

                      Brute force and ignorance usually works.

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                        Trel
                        last edited by

                        @jimp:

                        There was a discussion here on the forum about this already with a workaround. Search the forum a bit and you'll hit it.

                        Is the workaround you're referring to, the one I'm currently doing with the cron job, because I was really hoping this was going to be fixed in 2.1 but it's still not working for me either.

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