Namecheap dynamic dns Not Updating
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My Namecheap DynDNS entry on my edge firewall is still working as far as I can tell.
It's also possible that at the time the OP started the thread, Namecheap had a temporary server-side problem.
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the dyndns always up .but the namecheap one is my problem.this is my log
php: /services_dyndns_edit.php: DynDns: updatedns() starting
Apr 7 17:46:29 check_reload_status: Syncing firewall
Apr 7 17:46:29 php: /services_dyndns_edit.php: DynDns debug information: 197.251.163.186 extracted from checkip.dyndns.org
Apr 7 17:46:29 php: /services_dyndns_edit.php: DynDns: Current WAN IP: 197.251.163.186 Cached IP: 0.0.0.0
Apr 7 17:46:29 php: /services_dyndns_edit.php: DynDns debug information: DynDns: cacheIP != wan_ip. Updating. Cached IP: 0.0.0.0 WAN IP: 197.251.163.186
Apr 7 17:46:29 php: /services_dyndns_edit.php: DynDns: DynDns _update() starting.
Apr 7 17:46:29 php: /services_dyndns_edit.php: Namecheap: DNS update() starting.
Apr 7 17:46:30 php: /services_dyndns_edit.php: DynDns: DynDns _checkStatus() starting.
Apr 7 17:46:30 php: /services_dyndns_edit.php: DynDns: Current Service: namecheap
Apr 7 17:46:30 php: /services_dyndns_edit.php: phpDynDNS: PAYLOAD: ^M <title>Bad Request</title>^M ^MBad Request
^M
HTTP Error 400. The request is badly formed.
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the dyndns always up .but the namecheap one is my problem.this is my log
php: /services_dyndns_edit.php: DynDns: updatedns() starting
Apr 7 17:46:29 check_reload_status: Syncing firewall
Apr 7 17:46:29 php: /services_dyndns_edit.php: DynDns debug information: 197.251.163.186 extracted from checkip.dyndns.org
Apr 7 17:46:29 php: /services_dyndns_edit.php: DynDns: Current WAN IP: 197.251.163.186 Cached IP: 0.0.0.0
Apr 7 17:46:29 php: /services_dyndns_edit.php: DynDns debug information: DynDns: cacheIP != wan_ip. Updating. Cached IP: 0.0.0.0 WAN IP: 197.251.163.186
Apr 7 17:46:29 php: /services_dyndns_edit.php: DynDns: DynDns _update() starting.
Apr 7 17:46:29 php: /services_dyndns_edit.php: Namecheap: DNS update() starting.
Apr 7 17:46:30 php: /services_dyndns_edit.php: DynDns: DynDns _checkStatus() starting.
Apr 7 17:46:30 php: /services_dyndns_edit.php: DynDns: Current Service: namecheap
Apr 7 17:46:30 php: /services_dyndns_edit.php: phpDynDNS: PAYLOAD: ^M <title>Bad Request</title>^M ^MBad Request
^M
HTTP Error 400. The request is badly formed.
I'm getting this same error (though with my IP of course) with hostname "@.sub.domain.com" (but actually mine), and 2.0.3-RELEASE.
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How exactly do you have the Namecheap host setup in the DynDNS settings?
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How exactly do you have the Namecheap host setup in the DynDNS settings?
Disable: unchecked
Service: Namecheap
Hostname: @.my.domain.co
MX: <blank>Wildcard: unchecked
Username: <blank>Password:</blank></blank> -
How exactly do you have the Namecheap host setup in the DynDNS settings?
(I'm not seeing an edit button to add this to my last post)
I tried on Sunday to change it to having the "wildcard" box checked.
There doesn't seem to be any change. -
(I'm not seeing an edit button to add this to my last post)
If your post is not "too old" there should be a "Modify" link on it.
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(I'm not seeing an edit button to add this to my last post)
If your post is not "too old" there should be a "Modify" link on it.
It was too old then. I see a modify link on my newer one. I hate double posting >.>
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I also have this issue. So what I did as a workaround is SCP ddclient (http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/ddclient/) onto my pfsense box. It is a perl script, so no need to have a specific version compiled for freebsd/x86. I then updated the config for namecheap, and it works great :)
Its a hack, but it works.
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I cannot do that sadly. I need to use the built in function for this.
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It may be due to how the update URL gets formed when using the "@" record.
Can you try this with an actual hostname under the domain rather than the @ record?
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It may be due to how the update URL gets formed when using the "@" record.
Can you try this with an actual hostname under the domain rather than the @ record?
That's not possible with the domain in question. I could try adding one, but I can't until tonight.
(and ultimately it IS the @ record that needs to be updated, so even if this is the issue, I need it to work for the @ records.) -
Yes, I understand that, I'm just trying to make sure it's not a problem with your account in general, but one specific to the @ record handling.
I don't have a free @ record handy that I can tinker with at the moment, but I can try to free one up. All my Namecheap dyndns entries are traditional host.domain.tld format, no @ records.
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Yes, I understand that, I'm just trying to make sure it's not a problem with your account in general, but one specific to the @ record handling.
I don't have a free @ record handy that I can tinker with at the moment, but I can try to free one up. All my Namecheap dyndns entries are traditional host.domain.tld format, no @ records.
I'll see if I can make an additional one during my lunch.
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I was able to free up an @ on one of my domains for testing, and it worked for me. No errors, and the @ record updated as expected.
I used the @.domain.tld format and it updated as expected using the dyndns access key for the domain.
Maybe try to re-enable DynDNS for your domain and then use the new auth token they generate when it resets.
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Oh, and that was on a 2.1 snapshot from Thursday.
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Oh, and that was on a 2.1 snapshot from Thursday.
I'm not on a snapshot. I'm using the latest stable.
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I pulled up a 2.0.3 VM and tried it there, worked the same, no problems. I even edited the IP in Namecheap's control panel to something bogus, then removed the cached IP from the pfSense VM and made it update again, worked fine.
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I pulled up a 2.0.3 VM and tried it there, worked the same, no problems. I even edited the IP in Namecheap's control panel to something bogus, then removed the cached IP from the pfSense VM and made it update again, worked fine.
Does it work if the domain is one deeper, @.sub.domain.com?
(Also, how can I force it to update for testing)
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Username blank, yes.
You can force an update by removing the cache file from /conf and then saving on the page.
A subdomain is not considered an @ record in their DNS that I'm aware of. It would just be sub.domain.com where sub is just a hostname in that context.
IIRC their DNS does not split that into separate "true" zones that would contain an @ record.
