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"The Hostname contains invalid characters" Namecheap with v2.1

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    JohnnyBeGood
    last edited by Sep 23, 2013, 5:26 AM

    Hi all,

    Just did fresh install of 2.1 and when I try to setup namecheap under host name I get error "The Hostname contains invalid characters" if I want to use @.mydomain.com this works test.mydomain.com
    I think in v2.0.1 it did not complain about entering @.
    Any suggestions?

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    I like to fill my tub up with water, then turn the shower on and act like I'm in a submarine that's been hit!

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      kejianshi
      last edited by Sep 23, 2013, 5:33 AM

      Why would anyone use a name with @. in it?  Accident?

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        JohnnyBeGood
        last edited by Sep 23, 2013, 5:37 AM

        @kejianshi:

        Why would anyone use a name with @. in it?  Accident?

        I'm trying to update mydomain.com not just test.mydomain.com that's why @ is needed.

        
        Namecheap
        Note: To update an @ record, use @.yourdomain.com for the hostname.
        
        

        https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Dynamic_DNS

        I like to fill my tub up with water, then turn the shower on and act like I'm in a submarine that's been hit!

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          kejianshi
          last edited by Sep 23, 2013, 5:39 AM

          Ahhhhhh… :D

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            JohnnyBeGood
            last edited by Sep 23, 2013, 5:41 AM

            @kejianshi:

            Ahhhhhh… :D

            I'm hoping this is easy fix. It would really suck if this was overlooked with v2.1  :(

            I like to fill my tub up with water, then turn the shower on and act like I'm in a submarine that's been hit!

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              jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
              last edited by Sep 23, 2013, 6:12 PM

              There was a discussion here on the forum about this already with a workaround. Search the forum a bit and you'll hit it.

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                JohnnyBeGood
                last edited by Sep 23, 2013, 6:25 PM

                @jimp:

                There was a discussion here on the forum about this already with a workaround. Search the forum a bit and you'll hit it.

                Thank you so much for the reply. Knowing there's a workaround I will definitely take a deeper look.

                I like to fill my tub up with water, then turn the shower on and act like I'm in a submarine that's been hit!

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                  borgotech
                  last edited by Sep 25, 2013, 10:59 AM Sep 25, 2013, 10:48 AM

                  Hi,
                  i think  u can take a look at my post http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,66769.0.html and u will find a solution as i find. Try to add separate entries for your hosts ex: domain.com (without @);host1.domain.com;host2.domain.com) with @domain.com i think Namecheap is updating all your records(i'm not sure because i'm using DNSExit).Try  separate entries to see if works.

                  King Regards

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                    kejianshi
                    last edited by Sep 25, 2013, 11:10 AM

                    Where is my face-palm icon…  I'm not smart enough to have tried anything else.  That would have been my first choice.

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                      JohnnyBeGood
                      last edited by Sep 27, 2013, 7:54 PM

                      @kejianshi:

                      Where is my face-palm icon…  I'm not smart enough to have tried anything else.  That would have been my first choice.

                      I was searching thru the forums thinking there was better solution to update all at once like it was before.
                      At least I know what's the solution.
                      Thanks!

                      I like to fill my tub up with water, then turn the shower on and act like I'm in a submarine that's been hit!

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                        kejianshi
                        last edited by Sep 28, 2013, 1:30 AM

                        Yeah - I always updated 1 by one, but thats mainly because I didn't know to do it the other way.  :P

                        Brute force and ignorance usually works.

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                          Trel
                          last edited by Dec 12, 2013, 10:43 PM

                          @jimp:

                          There was a discussion here on the forum about this already with a workaround. Search the forum a bit and you'll hit it.

                          Is the workaround you're referring to, the one I'm currently doing with the cron job, because I was really hoping this was going to be fixed in 2.1 but it's still not working for me either.

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