Hi Stefan, you are in Germany - right? i suggest: most DSL-Providers "spend" you a firm IP-Address if you ask. Most times it will cost you just the phone call. some will bill you 5 €. So no more dynamic dns needed. no hussle, no troubles.
HTH greetings m. 2012/7/25 Stefan Baur <[email protected]> > Hi list, > > as previously mentioned on this list, I'm running my pfSense boxes within > private address space, so they can't detect the WAN ip change on their own > interface, as what they believe is their WAN ip is just another private > address. > > Therefore, I need to rely on the mechanism that connects to > checkip.dyndns.org. > > My previous understanding was that /etc/crontab by default contains > > 1 1 * * * root /usr/bin/nice -n20 > /etc/rc.dyndns.update > > (which means that the script only gets called at 01:01 AM each day), and > changing that to > > */5 * * * * root /usr/bin/nice -n20 > /etc/rc.dyndns.update > > would solve my issues. However, it does not work (any more?). > > When I log in to the GUI, I see the IP displayed in red, meaning it is not > current. > > Logging into pfSense on the command line and executing > > fetch -q -o - http://checkip.dyndns.org | sed 's/^.*Current IP Address: > \(.*\)<\/body>.*$/\1/' > > gives me the current IP, so I know that connecting to checkip.dyndns.orgworks. > > Hitting the "Save" button in the GUI will update the IP, so my credentials > are correct, too. > > What do I have to change so that pfSense will contact checkip.dyndns.orgevery > 5 minutes, and will update the record when required? > (Note that it should not blindly update every 5 minutes, as that would be > considered abuse by most Dynamic DNS providers.) > > Kind Regards, > Stefan > ______________________________**_________________ > List mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pfsense.org/**mailman/listinfo/list<http://lists.pfsense.org/mailman/listinfo/list> > -- = = = http://michael-schuh.net/ = = = Projektmanagement - IT-Consulting - Professional Services IT Michael Schuh Postfach 10 21 52 66021 Saarbrücken phone: 0681/8319664 mobil: 0175/5616453 @: m i c h a e l . s c h u h @ g m a i l . c o m = = = Ust-ID: DE251072318 = = =
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