Dynamic DNS with pairNIC

pigmonkey

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?

aaronouthier

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.com

If 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.

dugeem

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>