(SOLVED) Dynamic DNS stop updating NO-IP but from pfsense status is updated

jiunnyik · Jun 5, 2021, 3:47 AM

My Dynamic DNS stop updating NO-IP too for VLAN 500 PPPOE interface.

I have pfsense 2.5.1 community edition, default WAN interface is set as null, and Internet Connection is made through VLAN 500 PPPOE interface. I'm from Malaysia, my ISP is TM provide Unifi fiber connection.

After I set up Dynamic DNS, NO-IP on this machine, its status show updated, however NO-IP website hostname is updated.

I tested another machine B, pfsense 2.5.1 community edition, with default WAN DHCP, Dynamic DNS is updating NO-IP.

Can advice on this? Thank you.

jiunnyik · Jun 4, 2021, 11:00 PM

@ohbobva you have pfsense+ ? I have 1 unit SG-5100, updated to pfsense+ 21.05, Dynamic DNS is updating NO-IP.

ohbobva · Jun 5, 2021, 3:47 AM

@jiunnyik Do you use the group feature of NO-IP?

If so, in your Dynamic DNS settings of PFsense, what is the format of your NO-IP username?

All of my PFSense units have been configured, for years, using the following format, which was the correct format at the time they were configured (and is still valid to NO-IP):

groupname:myemail@example.com

Something has changed in the latest versions of PFsense that appears to prevent this previously working format from working. Maybe the encoding is different. Maybe someone can go back and see how the username was encoded in the previous working versions of PFsense.

This should be fixed by Netgate so that already deployed units using NO-IP Dynamic DNS, that upgrade to the latest PFSense, don't stop working unexpectedly. NO-IP has documentation on integration with routers.

However, a workaround, which only works on the newer version of PFsense, is to change the username format to be:

groupname#username

Note: The NO-IP "username" is different from the NO-IP email address that was previously what you used for the username.

jiunnyik · Jun 5, 2021, 4:16 AM

@ohbobva nope, I'm not using the group feature of NO-IP.

In Dynamic DNS settings of pfSense, the username is my name jiunnyik, which I use to login noip.com

I bet this is correct settings, as I tested on other two machines with WAN DHCP mode, it can update NO-IP. One machine is pfsense 2.5.1, while the other one machine is Netgate SG-5100 with pfsense+ 21.05

The machine that unable update no-ip is on VLAN PPPOE interface, not sure is this cause unable update no-ip.

2lostkiwis · Jun 22, 2021, 3:30 AM

I came across this post as one of my clients stopped auto updating... from pure guesswork I found the following:

The the one that stopped updating was running pfsense+ 21.05 while the others were using the community version. For some unknown reason the pfsense+ needs to log in with the username while the community version needs to log in with the email address.

It used to work so it seems at some point when upgrading the pfsense+ version it changed and at that point stopped updating.

jiunnyik · Jun 22, 2021, 3:49 AM

@2lostkiwis said in (SOLVED) Dynamic DNS stop updating NO-IP but from pfsense status is updated:

I came across this post as one of my clients stopped auto updating... from pure guesswork I found the following:

The the one that stopped updating was running pfsense+ 21.05 while the others were using the community version. For some unknown reason the pfsense+ needs to log in with the username while the community version needs to log in with the email address.

It used to work so it seems at some point when upgrading the pfsense+ version it changed and at that point stopped updating.

I tried with your suggestion, log in with email address, but still no luck. It won't work. I tested on pfsense community edition, 2.5.1

AlexanderK · Jul 7, 2021, 5:37 PM

i updated today to 2.5.2 and this issue occurred. Really strange.
The solution with grouname#email@email.com seems to working on pfsense gui but not updating no-ip application.
Really strange situation

s25a · Aug 12, 2021, 9:13 AM

Hi,

I updated to release 21.05_1 today. Was on an old 2.4.5 before. The NOIP service defintely worked before as i can this in the logfiles in NOIP. After the Update I had to renew the client in PFSENSE and now see Status green with the current IP-Adresse.

However no update on NO-IP side. I tried the workaround by using:

groupname:Username
groupname#Username

Both with Username as only the name and USername as the email adress. No Luck. It does not update.

I can test for you and also provide log files...however please help as I am not an expert on this and need some guidance :-)

Thanks S

gguglielmi · Aug 17, 2021, 8:07 AM

@s25a you can check here:
https://forum.netgate.com/post/987030
This solved the issue for me!

4ROMANY · Sep 2, 2021, 6:07 PM

@ohbobva

After I changed my username in PFSENSE FROM my email address to the userid I should have been using DDNS started working immediately. You can log into the no-ip website with either your email or userid - but apparently the DDNS update function needs to use your userid. Thanks ohbobva!

Remember · Oct 13, 2021, 4:53 PM

@4romany Dang, that was it !!!! Thanks!

aesclama · Jan 12, 2022, 4:49 AM

@sipriuspt See: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/12021

This fixed it for me.

There is no need to urlencode user credentials (CURLOPT_USERPWD already encodes them):

In /etc/inc/dyndns.class edit line 578

from this:

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, urlencode($this->_dnsUser) . ':' . urlencode($this->_dnsPass));

to this:

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, $this->_dnsUser . ':' . $this->_dnsPass);

1.21Gigawatts · Feb 27, 2023, 1:37 AM

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1.21Gigawatts · Mar 2, 2023, 7:00 AM

@1-21gigawatts

I spoke too soon. My NoIP DDNS is NOT updating automatically.
when IP changes, it stays stuck on old up. Only way to fix is to edit and force update.
Running pfSense 2.6.0

Gertjan · Mar 2, 2023, 7:00 AM

@1-21gigawatts

You've set :

?
What does Status > System Logs > System > General tell you ?

1.21Gigawatts · Mar 3, 2023, 5:34 AM

@gertjan said in (SOLVED) Dynamic DNS stop updating NO-IP but from pfsense status is updated:

What does Status > System Logs > System > General tell you ?

I just disabled WAN, and Then re-enabled (this forces an dynamic IP change from my ISP).

Here are the Logs:

Mar 3 14:51:00 	sshguard 	38516 	Now monitoring attacks.
Mar 3 14:51:00 	sshguard 	77000 	Exiting on signal.
Mar 3 14:49:21 	php 	19593 	[pfBlockerNG] DNSBL parser daemon started
Mar 3 14:49:21 	php 	19086 	[pfBlockerNG] filterlog daemon started
Mar 3 14:49:21 	check_reload_status 	408 	Rewriting resolv.conf
Mar 3 14:49:21 	tail_pfb 	18790 	[pfBlockerNG] Firewall Filter Service started
Mar 3 14:49:21 	lighttpd_pfb 	16946 	[pfBlockerNG] DNSBL Webserver started
Mar 3 14:49:21 	php_pfb 	15138 	[pfBlockerNG] filterlog daemon stopped
Mar 3 14:49:21 	tail_pfb 	14763 	[pfBlockerNG] Firewall Filter Service stopped
Mar 3 14:49:21 	lighttpd_pfb 	14933 	[pfBlockerNG] DNSBL Webserver stopped
Mar 3 14:49:21 	SnortStartup 	13254 	Ignoring additional START command since Snort is already starting...
Mar 3 14:49:21 	php-fpm 	50493 	/rc.start_packages: Restarting/Starting all packages.
Mar 3 14:49:21 	php-fpm 	39835 	/index.php: Successful login for user 'user' from: (**Lan IP redacted**) (Local Database)
Mar 3 14:49:20 	php 	58800 	[pfBlockerNG] DNSBL parser daemon started
Mar 3 14:49:20 	php 	58337 	[pfBlockerNG] filterlog daemon started
Mar 3 14:49:20 	check_reload_status 	408 	Rewriting resolv.conf
Mar 3 14:49:20 	tail_pfb 	57751 	[pfBlockerNG] Firewall Filter Service started
Mar 3 14:49:20 	lighttpd_pfb 	56813 	[pfBlockerNG] DNSBL Webserver started
Mar 3 14:49:20 	php_pfb 	54330 	[pfBlockerNG] filterlog daemon stopped
Mar 3 14:49:20 	tail_pfb 	53703 	[pfBlockerNG] Firewall Filter Service stopped
Mar 3 14:49:20 	lighttpd_pfb 	53624 	[pfBlockerNG] DNSBL Webserver stopped
Mar 3 14:49:20 	check_reload_status 	408 	Starting packages
Mar 3 14:49:20 	php-fpm 	5612 	/rc.newwanip: pfSense package system has detected an IP change or dynamic WAN reconnection -  (**old IP redacted**) -> (**currentIP redacted**) - Restarting packages.
Mar 3 14:49:20 	php-fpm 	369 	/rc.start_packages: Restarting/Starting all packages.
Mar 3 14:49:19 	check_reload_status 	408 	Starting packages
Mar 3 14:49:19 	php-fpm 	369 	/rc.newwanip: pfSense package system has detected an IP change or dynamic WAN reconnection - -> (**Lan IP redacted**) - Restarting packages.
Mar 3 14:49:19 	check_reload_status 	408 	Reloading filter
Mar 3 14:49:19 	php-fpm 	369 	/rc.newwanip: rc.newwanip called with empty interface.
Mar 3 14:49:19 	php-fpm 	369 	/rc.newwanip: rc.newwanip: on (IP address: (**Lan IP redacted**)) (interface: []) (real interface: ovpns1).
Mar 3 14:49:19 	php-fpm 	369 	/rc.newwanip: rc.newwanip: Info: starting on ovpns1.
Mar 3 14:49:18 	check_reload_status 	408 	rc.newwanip starting ovpns1
Mar 3 14:49:18 	php-fpm 	5612 	/rc.newwanip: Creating rrd update script
Mar 3 14:49:18 	check_reload_status 	408 	Reloading filter
Mar 3 14:49:18 	kernel 		ovpns1: link state changed to UP
Mar 3 14:49:18 	php-fpm 	5612 	OpenVPN PID written: 70929
Mar 3 14:49:18 	check_reload_status 	408 	Reloading filter
Mar 3 14:49:18 	kernel 		ovpns1: link state changed to DOWN
Mar 3 14:49:18 	php-fpm 	5612 	OpenVPN terminate old pid: 39331
Mar 3 14:49:18 	php-fpm 	5612 	/rc.newwanip: Resyncing OpenVPN instances for interface WAN.
Mar 3 14:49:16 	php-fpm 	5612 	/rc.newwanip: phpDynDNS (myurl.ddns.net): (Unknown Response)
Mar 3 14:49:16 	php-fpm 	5612 	/rc.newwanip: phpDynDNS (myurl.ddns.net): PAYLOAD:
Mar 3 14:49:16 	php-fpm 	5612 	/rc.newwanip: Dynamic DNS noip-free (myurl.ddns.net): _checkStatus() starting.
Mar 3 14:49:16 	php-fpm 	5612 	/rc.newwanip: Response Data:
Mar 3 14:49:16 	php-fpm 	5612 	/rc.newwanip: Response Header:
Mar 3 14:49:16 	php-fpm 	5612 	/rc.newwanip: Response Header:
Mar 3 14:49:16 	php-fpm 	5612 	/rc.newwanip: Response Header: Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2023 04:49:16 GMT
Mar 3 14:49:16 	php-fpm 	5612 	/rc.newwanip: Response Header: Cache-Control: no-cache
Mar 3 14:49:16 	php-fpm 	5612 	/rc.newwanip: Response Header: Connection: keep-alive
Mar 3 14:49:16 	php-fpm 	5612 	/rc.newwanip: Response Header: Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Mar 3 14:49:16 	php-fpm 	5612 	/rc.newwanip: Response Header: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Mar 3 14:49:16 	php-fpm 	5612 	/rc.newwanip: Response Header: Server: nginx
Mar 3 14:49:16 	php-fpm 	5612 	/rc.newwanip: Response Header: HTTP/1.1 429 Too Many Requests
Mar 3 14:49:16 	php-fpm 	5612 	/rc.newwanip: Dynamic DNS noip-free (myurl.ddns.net): _update() starting.
Mar 3 14:49:16 	php-fpm 	5612 	/rc.newwanip: DynDns (umurl.ddns.net): Dynamic Dns: cacheIP != wan_ip. Updating. Cached IP: **(old IP redaced)** WAN IP: **(current IP redaced)**
Mar 3 14:49:16 	php-fpm 	5612 	/rc.newwanip: Dynamic Dns (myurl.ddns.net): Current WAN IP: **(current IP redaced)** Cached IP: **(old IP redaced)**
Mar 3 14:49:16 	php-fpm 	5612 	/rc.newwanip: Dynamic DNS noip-free (myurl.ddns.net): **(current IP redaced)** extracted from local system.
Mar 3 14:49:16 	php-fpm 	5612 	/rc.newwanip: Dynamic DNS (myurl.ddns.net): running get_failover_interface for wan. found pppoe0
Mar 3 14:49:16 	php-fpm 	5612 	/rc.newwanip: Dynamic DNS noip-free (myurl.ddns.net): **(current IP redaced)** extracted from local system.
Mar 3 14:49:16 	php-fpm 	5612 	/rc.newwanip: Dynamic DNS: updatedns() starting
Mar 3 14:49:13 	kernel 		pppoe0: promiscuous mode enabled
Mar 3 14:49:13 	php-fpm 	5612 	/rc.newwanip: The command '/usr/local/sbin/unbound -c /var/unbound/unbound.conf' returned exit code '1', the output was '[1677818953] unbound[85238:0] error: bind: address already in use [1677818953] unbound[85238:0] fatal error: could not open ports'
Mar 3 14:49:01 	php-fpm 	50493 	/rc.dyndns.update: phpDynDNS (myurl.ddns.net): (Unknown Response)
Mar 3 14:49:01 	php-fpm 	50493 	/rc.dyndns.update: phpDynDNS (myurl.ddns.net): PAYLOAD:
Mar 3 14:49:01 	php-fpm 	50493 	/rc.dyndns.update: Dynamic DNS noip-free (myurl.ddns.net): _checkStatus() starting.
Mar 3 14:49:01 	php-fpm 	50493 	/rc.dyndns.update: Response Data:
Mar 3 14:49:01 	php-fpm 	50493 	/rc.dyndns.update: Response Header:
Mar 3 14:49:01 	php-fpm 	50493 	/rc.dyndns.update: Response Header:
Mar 3 14:49:01 	php-fpm 	50493 	/rc.dyndns.update: Response Header: Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2023 04:49:01 GMT
Mar 3 14:49:01 	php-fpm 	50493 	/rc.dyndns.update: Response Header: Cache-Control: no-cache
Mar 3 14:49:01 	php-fpm 	50493 	/rc.dyndns.update: Response Header: Connection: keep-alive
Mar 3 14:49:01 	php-fpm 	50493 	/rc.dyndns.update: Response Header: Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Mar 3 14:49:01 	php-fpm 	50493 	/rc.dyndns.update: Response Header: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Mar 3 14:49:01 	php-fpm 	50493 	/rc.dyndns.update: Response Header: Server: nginx
Mar 3 14:49:01 	php-fpm 	50493 	/rc.dyndns.update: Response Header: HTTP/1.1 429 Too Many Requests
Mar 3 14:49:00 	php-fpm 	369 	/interfaces.php: Creating rrd update script
Mar 3 14:49:00 	check_reload_status 	408 	Reloading filter
Mar 3 14:49:00 	SnortStartup 	16934 	Snort START for WAN(pppoe0)...
Mar 3 14:49:00 	php 	14826 	servicewatchdog_cron.php: Service Watchdog detected service snort stopped. Restarting snort (Snort IDS/IPS Daemon)
Mar 3 14:48:59 	php-fpm 	50493 	/rc.dyndns.update: Dynamic DNS noip-free (myurl.ddns.net): _update() starting.
Mar 3 14:48:59 	php-fpm 	50493 	/rc.dyndns.update: DynDns (myurl.ddns.net): Dynamic Dns: cacheIP != wan_ip. Updating. Cached IP: **(oldIP redaced)**WAN IP: **(current IP redaced)**
Mar 3 14:48:59 	php-fpm 	50493 	/rc.dyndns.update: Dynamic Dns (myurl.ddns.net): Current WAN IP: **(current IP redaced)** Cached IP: **(old IP redaced)**
Mar 3 14:48:59 	php-fpm 	50493 	/rc.dyndns.update: Dynamic DNS noip-free (myurl.ddns.net): **(current IP redaced)** extracted from local system.
Mar 3 14:48:59 	php-fpm 	50493 	/rc.dyndns.update: Dynamic DNS (myurl.ddns.net): running get_failover_interface for wan. found pppoe0
Mar 3 14:48:59 	php-fpm 	50493 	/rc.dyndns.update: Dynamic DNS noip-free (myurl.ddns.net): **(current IP redaced)** extracted from local system.
Mar 3 14:48:59 	php-fpm 	50493 	/rc.dyndns.update: Dynamic DNS: updatedns() starting
Mar 3 14:48:58 	check_reload_status 	408 	updating dyndns wan
Mar 3 14:48:56 	php-fpm 	5612 	/rc.newwanip: IP Address has changed, killing states on former IP Address **(oldIP redaced)**.
Mar 3 14:48:56 	php-fpm 	5612 	/rc.newwanip: Gateway, none 'available' for inet6, use the first one configured. ''
Mar 3 14:48:56 	php-fpm 	5612 	/rc.newwanip: Default gateway setting Interface WAN_PPPOE Gateway as default.
Mar 3 14:48:55 	php-fpm 	5612 	/rc.newwanip: rc.newwanip: on (IP address:**(current IP redaced)**) (interface: WAN[wan]) (real interface: pppoe0).
Mar 3 14:48:55 	php-fpm 	5612 	/rc.newwanip: rc.newwanip: Info: starting on pppoe0.
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan] IFACE: Add description "WAN"
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan] IFACE: Rename interface ng0 to pppoe0
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan] IFACE: Up event
Mar 3 14:48:54 	check_reload_status 	408 	rc.newwanip starting pppoe0
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan] **(IP redaced)** -> **(IP redaced)**
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan] IPCP: LayerUp
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan] IPCP: state change Ack-Sent --> Opened
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan] IPADDR **(IP redaced)**
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan] IPCP: rec'd Configure Ack #3 (Ack-Sent)
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan] IPADDR **(IP redaced)**
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan] IPCP: SendConfigReq #3
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan] (**internet IP redacted**) is OK
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan] IPADDR **(current IP redaced)**
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan] IPCP: rec'd Configure Nak #2 (Ack-Sent)
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan] IPADDR 0.0.0.0
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan] IPCP: SendConfigReq #2
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan] COMPPROTO VJCOMP, 16 comp. channels, no comp-cid
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan] IPCP: rec'd Configure Reject #1 (Ack-Sent)
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan] IPCP: state change Req-Sent --> Ack-Sent
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan] IPADDR **(IP redaced)**
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan] IPCP: SendConfigAck #1
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan] 1**(IP redaced)** is OK
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan] IPADDR **(IP redaced)**
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan] IPCP: rec'd Configure Request #1 (Req-Sent)
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan] COMPPROTO VJCOMP, 16 comp. channels, no comp-cid
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan] IPADDR 0.0.0.0
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan] IPCP: SendConfigReq #1
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan] IPCP: state change Starting --> Req-Sent
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan] IPCP: Up event
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan] IPCP: LayerStart
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan] IPCP: state change Initial --> Starting
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan] IPCP: Open event
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan] Bundle: Status update: up 1 link, total bandwidth 64000 bps
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan_link0] Link: Join bundle "wan"
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan_link0] Link: Matched action 'bundle "wan" ""'
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan_link0] LCP: authorization successful
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan_link0] PAP: rec'd ACK #1 len: 5
Mar 3 14:48:54 	check_reload_status 	408 	Restarting IPsec tunnels
Mar 3 14:48:54 	php-fpm 	369 	/interfaces.php: Gateway, none 'available' for inet6, use the first one configured. ''
Mar 3 14:48:54 	php-fpm 	369 	/interfaces.php: Gateway, none 'available' for inet, use the first one configured. 'WAN_PPPOE'
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan_link0] LCP: LayerUp
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan_link0] PAP: sending REQUEST #1 len: 25
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan_link0] PAP: using authname "(**username redacted**)"
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan_link0] LCP: auth: peer wants PAP, I want nothing
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan_link0] LCP: state change Ack-Sent --> Opened
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan_link0] MAGICNUM 0x1c78d688
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan_link0] MRU 1500
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan_link0] PROTOCOMP
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan_link0] LCP: rec'd Configure Ack #1 (Ack-Sent)
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan_link0] LCP: state change Req-Sent --> Ack-Sent
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan_link0] MAGICNUM 0xdd188b55
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan_link0] AUTHPROTO PAP
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan_link0] LCP: SendConfigAck #1
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan_link0] MAGICNUM 0xdd188b55
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan_link0] AUTHPROTO PAP
Mar 3 14:48:54 	kernel 		ng_pppoe[16]: no matching session
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan_link0] LCP: rec'd Configure Request #1 (Req-Sent)
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan_link0] MAGICNUM 0x1c78d688
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan_link0] MRU 1500
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan_link0] PROTOCOMP
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan_link0] LCP: SendConfigReq #1
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan_link0] LCP: state change Starting --> Req-Sent
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan_link0] LCP: Up event
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan_link0] Link: UP event
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan_link0] PPPoE: connection successful
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan_link0] PPPoE: rec'd PPP-Max-Payload '1500'
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	PPPoE: rec'd ACNAME "bri-apt-wic-bras210"
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan_link0] PPPoE: Connecting to ''
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan_link0] PPPoE: Set PPP-Max-Payload to '1500'
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan_link0] LCP: LayerStart
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan_link0] LCP: state change Initial --> Starting
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan_link0] LCP: Open event
Mar 3 14:48:54 	kernel 		ng0: changing name to 'pppoe0'
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan_link0] Link: OPEN event
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	[wan] Bundle: Interface ng0 created
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	web: web is not running
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	process 13896 started, version 5.9
Mar 3 14:48:54 	ppp 	13896 	Multi-link PPP daemon for FreeBSD
Mar 3 14:48:52 	check_reload_status 	408 	Syncing firewall
Mar 3 14:48:52 	php-fpm 	369 	/interfaces.php: Configuration Change: (**login@lanip-redaced**) (Local Database): Interfaces settings changed

1.21Gigawatts · Mar 3, 2023, 5:30 AM

@1-21gigawatts

and here are the logs after forcing it to manually update DDNS by editing config and clicking "save & force update"

Mar 3 15:19:12 	php-fpm 	370 	/services_dyndns_edit.php: phpDynDNS (myURL.ddns.net): (Success) IP Address Changed Successfully!
Mar 3 15:19:12 	php-fpm 	370 	/services_dyndns_edit.php: phpDynDNS: updating cache file /conf/dyndns_wannoip-free'myURL.ddns.net'0.cache: **(Current IP Redacted)**
Mar 3 15:19:12 	php-fpm 	370 	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Dynamic DNS noip-free (myURL.ddns.net): **(Current IP Redacted)** extracted from local system.
Mar 3 15:19:12 	php-fpm 	370 	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Dynamic DNS noip-free (myURL.ddns.net): _checkStatus() starting.
Mar 3 15:19:12 	php-fpm 	370 	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Response Data: good **(Current IP Redacted)**\x0d
Mar 3 15:19:12 	php-fpm 	370 	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Response Header:
Mar 3 15:19:12 	php-fpm 	370 	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Response Header:
Mar 3 15:19:12 	php-fpm 	370 	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Response Header: Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2023 05:19:12 GMT
Mar 3 15:19:12 	php-fpm 	370 	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Response Header: Cache-Control: no-cache
Mar 3 15:19:12 	php-fpm 	370 	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Response Header: Connection: keep-alive
Mar 3 15:19:12 	php-fpm 	370 	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Response Header: Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Mar 3 15:19:12 	php-fpm 	370 	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Response Header: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Mar 3 15:19:12 	php-fpm 	370 	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Response Header: Server: nginx
Mar 3 15:19:12 	php-fpm 	370 	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Response Header: HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Mar 3 15:19:12 	php-fpm 	370 	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Dynamic DNS noip-free (myURL.ddns.net): _update() starting.
Mar 3 15:17:47 	php-fpm 	370 	/services_dyndns_edit.php: phpDynDNS (myURL.ddns.net): (Success) No Change In IP Address
Mar 3 15:17:47 	php-fpm 	370 	/services_dyndns_edit.php: phpDynDNS: updating cache file /conf/dyndns_wannoip-free'myURL.ddns.net'0.cache: **(Current IP Redacted)**
Mar 3 15:17:47 	php-fpm 	370 	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Dynamic DNS noip-free (myURL.ddns.net): **(Current IP Redacted)** extracted from local system.
Mar 3 15:17:47 	php-fpm 	370 	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Dynamic DNS noip-free (myURL.ddns.net): _checkStatus() starting.
Mar 3 15:17:47 	php-fpm 	370 	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Response Data: nochg 192.168.1.1\x0d
Mar 3 15:17:47 	php-fpm 	370 	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Response Header:
Mar 3 15:17:47 	php-fpm 	370 	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Response Header:
Mar 3 15:17:47 	php-fpm 	370 	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Response Header: Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2023 05:17:47 GMT
Mar 3 15:17:47 	php-fpm 	370 	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Response Header: Cache-Control: no-cache
Mar 3 15:17:47 	php-fpm 	370 	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Response Header: Connection: keep-alive
Mar 3 15:17:47 	php-fpm 	370 	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Response Header: Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Mar 3 15:17:47 	php-fpm 	370 	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Response Header: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Mar 3 15:17:47 	php-fpm 	370 	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Response Header: Server: nginx
Mar 3 15:17:47 	php-fpm 	370 	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Response Header: HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Mar 3 15:17:46 	php-fpm 	370 	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Dynamic DNS noip-free (myURL.ddns.net): Processing dummy update on No-IP free account. IP temporarily set to 192.168.1.1
Mar 3 15:17:46 	php-fpm 	370 	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Dynamic DNS noip-free (myURL.ddns.net): _update() starting.
Mar 3 15:17:46 	php-fpm 	370 	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Dynamic DNS (myURL.ddns.net): running get_failover_interface for wan. found pppoe0
Mar 3 15:17:46 	php-fpm 	370 	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Dynamic DNS noip-free (myURL.ddns.net): **(Current IP Redacted)** extracted from local system.
Mar 3 15:17:46 	php-fpm 	370 	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Dynamic DNS: updatedns() starting
Mar 3 15:17:46 	check_reload_status 	408 	Syncing firewall
Mar 3 15:17:46 	php-fpm 	370 	/services_dyndns_edit.php: Configuration Change: **(user@lanIP Redacted)** (Local Database): Dynamic DNS client configured.
Mar 3 15:17:38 	php-fpm 	369 	/services_dyndns.php: Successful login for user 'user' from: **(lanIP Redacted)** (Local Database)

But yeh this is don MANULLY, which defeats the entire point of DDNS.

Gertjan · Mar 3, 2023, 7:00 AM

About your manual update :

@1-21gigawatts said in (SOLVED) Dynamic DNS stop updating NO-IP but from pfsense status is updated:

There is another defeat, euh defect ? :

@1-21gigawatts said in (SOLVED) Dynamic DNS stop updating NO-IP but from pfsense status is updated:

Dynamic DNS noip-free (myURL.ddns.net): Processing dummy update on No-IP free account. IP temporarily set to 192.168.1.1

So, it send 192.168.1.1, an RFC 1918 as your WAN IP. That's not going to work.
NO-IP answered :

Response Data: nochg 192.168.1.1\x0d

So, 192.168.1.1 was accepted, and already stored over there (thus the no change).

Two minutes later, at Mar 3 15:19:12 :

@1-21gigawatts said in (SOLVED) Dynamic DNS stop updating NO-IP but from pfsense status is updated:

/services_dyndns_edit.php: Response Data: good (Current IP Redacted)\x0d

Now, the correct redacted 'good' WAN has been set.

What happened ?
Do you have a modem - not a router - as an upstream device ?
Never saw

@1-21gigawatts said in (SOLVED) Dynamic DNS stop updating NO-IP but from pfsense status is updated:

Processing dummy update on No-IP free account. IP temporarily set to 192.168.1.1

this message before.
It's a special 'no-ip-free' case.
https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/24c0f00ff82d78c1e5301e43df21c2ef8ebecf7f/src/etc/inc/dyndns.class#L678
and part of a tow stage process.
First, send out a BS IP, the 192.168.1.1 = the LAN IP, and then redo the update with a the real IP, the WAN IP.
So ...... ok. That's new to new and it seems to work.

As you said, nice, but this was 'manual' thus less important.

Now the first update, after te reconnect of the PPPOE connection, that didn't work out.
no-ip said why it didn't work :

Mar 3 14:49:01 	php-fpm 	50493 	/rc.dyndns.update: Response Header: HTTP/1.1 429 Too Many Requests

Free DYNDNS accounts are limited in updates per day or hour.
Exceeding that rate, and your update gets refused.

Read from here why you got the "Unknown Response" answer :

https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/24c0f00ff82d78c1e5301e43df21c2ef8ebecf7f/src/etc/inc/dyndns.class#L2143

The no-ip returned answer was :

@1-21gigawatts said in (SOLVED) Dynamic DNS stop updating NO-IP but from pfsense status is updated:

Too Many Requests

and that exact text doesn't exist in the test if block, so pfSense defaults to the "Unknown Response" answer.

What to do :
Check with no-ip how often you are allowed to update the IP.
Like : example : onces a day.
Now, up to you to take care of the fact that your WAN IP doesn't change more often then ones a day.

1.21Gigawatts · Mar 5, 2023, 5:19 AM

@gertjan said in (SOLVED) Dynamic DNS stop updating NO-IP but from pfsense status is updated:

Do you have a modem - not a router - as an upstream device ?

No. the Pfsense box connects to the NTD which converts the network cable to fiber and goes to the ISP. pfSense manages the PPPoE login credentials.

@gertjan said in (SOLVED) Dynamic DNS stop updating NO-IP but from pfsense status is updated:

Free DYNDNS accounts are limited in updates per day or hour.

but if NoIP was limiting amount of updates, then why would it update when i go into setting and click save and force update? why cant pfSense auto force an update? Doesnt make sense.

If i leave the DDNS offline, it NEVER updates, even if i wait a day or two. There is something else going wrong here. Are there other free DDNS providers i can try?

Gertjan · Mar 6, 2023, 6:18 AM

@1-21gigawatts said in (SOLVED) Dynamic DNS stop updating NO-IP but from pfsense status is updated:

but if NoIP was limiting amount of updates

All (free) DYNDNS services are rate limiting.
The rate might be ones every hour, or twice a day, or something like that. Their users agreement will tell you.

The dyndns update check will run 'no matter what' every day, at 01 AM 01 :

Also, the update will run also upon a WAN event.

The very same code will run as when you hit the save force update yourself.
That is : if the last updated IP (stored in a file) is the same as the current WAN IP (tested), then there will be no update. The logs will tell you.

@1-21gigawatts said in (SOLVED) Dynamic DNS stop updating NO-IP but from pfsense status is updated:

There is something else going wrong here

Yeah, this is no-ip. Check the forum for the last several years : always issues. Works fine for days, weeks, month, and then, suddenly, many issues.
No good quality with their free service ;)

@1-21gigawatts said in (SOLVED) Dynamic DNS stop updating NO-IP but from pfsense status is updated:

Are there other free DDNS providers i can try?

I can't tell.
Made my own many years ago.