Dynamic DNS with pairNIC
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I have dynamic DNS provided by pairNIC. Their instructions for setting up a dynamic DNS client are:
When you set up your client, you can enter this information:
Username: pairnic
Password: your pairNIC DNS Key
Alias or Host Name: the domain name or sub-domain that you want to update
Dynamic DNS Server Name: dynamic.pairnic.com
Dynamic DNS Server URL: /nic/update?
IP Server Name: myip.pairnic.com /The IP Server Name field might need to be entered as "Other Information" or "Other Settings" using this format: ip_server_name myip.pairnic.com /
I do not understand how this translates to the fields available on pfSense's dynamic DNS client service page with the "Service type" set to "Custom". Can anyone tell me how I should setup pfSense to use pairNIC's dynamic DNS?
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I just managed to get this working.
I haven't figured out how to update only a specific hostname, but everything else works. This will update your base domain name.
Service Type: Custom
Username: pairnic (all lower case!)
Password: [Your Pairnic Dynamic DNS Key from your Pairnic account].
Update URL: dynamic.pairnic.comIf you don't have your Dynamic DNS Key, and don't know where to find it, feel free to reply back. You may also contact Pairnic support.
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For reference here is the complete Dynamic DNS custom config required for anyone using pairNIC dynamic DNS:
Service Type: Custom
Username: pairnic (all lower case!)
Password: [Your pairNIC Dynamic DNS Key - from your pairNIC account].
Update URL: https://dynamic.pairnic.com/nic/update?hostname=<dynamichostname>.<yourdomain>&myip=%IP%where
<dynamichostname>is the name of the dynamic host (e.g. webserver)
NB If this hostname already exists in your pairNIC config - it will be overwritten!<yourdomain>is your pairNIC domain (e.g. privatedomain.org)</yourdomain></dynamichostname></yourdomain></dynamichostname>