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      m3power last edited by

      I transferred my domain name to NameCheap. Everything is for Dynamic DNS per NameCheaps instructions

      I setup the pfSense box options, and it shows that my IP is currently green (aka correct), but it is not.

      How do I force a check, or update? Through the shell, running top I don't see a service for this.

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        wallabybob last edited by

        There is a script (cron job) that runs daily at 1AM to check and update. If your pfSense monitored interface IP address is a private IP address then that is the only update mechanism, If the monitored interface IP address is a public IP address then an update should get triggered when DHCP (or PPP) changes the interface address.

        From the pfSense shell you can see what happened on the updates by```

        clog /var/log/system.log | grep -i dyndns

        
        Here's an example from my system:
        

        clog /var/log/system.log | grep -i dyndns

        Jul 11 01:01:01 pfsense php: : DynDns: updatedns() starting
        Jul 11 01:01:01 pfsense php: : DynDns debug information: 203.144.x.y extracted from local system.
        Jul 11 01:01:01 pfsense php: : DynDns: Current WAN IP: 203.144.x.y Cached IP: 203.144.x.y
        Jul 11 01:01:01 pfsense php: : phpDynDNS: No change in my IP address and/or 25 days has not passed. Not updating dynamic DNS entry.
        Jul 12 01:01:02 pfsense php: : DynDns: updatedns() starting
        Jul 12 01:01:02 pfsense php: : DynDns debug information: 203.144.x.y extracted from local system.
        Jul 12 01:01:02 pfsense php: : DynDns: Current WAN IP: 203.144.x.y Cached IP: 203.144.x.y
        Jul 12 01:01:02 pfsense php: : phpDynDNS: No change in my IP address and/or 25 days has not passed. Not updating dynamic DNS entry.

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          EddieA last edited by

          I don't see NameCheap as an option for Dynamic DNS Update from pfSense.

          Cheers.

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            wallabybob last edited by

            @EddieA:

            I don't see NameCheap as an option for Dynamic DNS Update from pfSense.

            It is on my system: 2.0-RC3-IPv6 (i386) built on Tue Jun 21 17:40:54 EDT 2011

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              EddieA last edited by

              @wallabybob:

              It is on my system: 2.0-RC3-IPv6 (i386) built on Tue Jun 21 17:40:54 EDT 2011

              Ah.  I'm still on 1.2.3.

              Cheers.

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                jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate last edited by

                My namecheap dyndns entry (one of ~6 on my firewall) works properly for me, and I've been rebooting/reconnecting a lot lately, and my IP has been changing now and then.

                I wrote the namecheap dyndns support on 2.0 so if there is a problem I can look at it, but it seems to be fine for me.

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