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Title: how to check if os-ddclient is working
Post by: robertkwild on February 03, 2022, 01:30:36 PM
hi all,

installed the new DDNS client on opnsense but i dont know if its working, how can i know if its working

the old DDNS client there was a "test config and save" button and also there was a widget on the dashboard

thanks,
rob
Title: Re: how to check if os-ddclient is working
Post by: tiermutter on February 03, 2022, 01:36:19 PM
On Debian you can do with sudo ddclient -debug -verbose -noquiet

The output looks like

[...]
RECEIVE:  <html><head><title>Current IP Check</title></head><body>Current IP Address: 37.xx.xxx.xxx</body></html>
DEBUG:    get_ip: using web, http://checkip.dyndns.org/ reports 37.xxx.xxx.xxx
SUCCESS:  DOMAIN1.ddnss.de: skipped: IP address was already set to 37.xxx.xxx.xxx.
SUCCESS:  DOMAIN2.spdns.de: skipped: IP address was already set to 37.xxx.xxx.xxx.


Not sure if this will work for the plugin too.
Title: Re: how to check if os-ddclient is working
Post by: chemlud on February 03, 2022, 02:05:44 PM
Quote from: robertkwild on February 03, 2022, 01:30:36 PM
hi all,

installed the new DDNS client on opnsense but i dont know if its working, how can i know if its working

the old DDNS client there was a "test config and save" button and also there was a widget on the dashboard

thanks,
rob

Safest: Log in at your dnydns provider and look at the logs, when last update was successfull/failed...
Title: Re: how to check if os-ddclient is working
Post by: robertkwild on February 03, 2022, 02:10:42 PM
nice thanks, followed this guide as it was in depth

https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=4182.0

but i do have to say, this new DDNS client is not even comparable to the old one, have no idea why they got rid of the old one!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: how to check if os-ddclient is working
Post by: robertkwild on February 04, 2022, 03:53:22 PM
ive reverted back to the old DDNS package, can this PLEASE be looked at!
Title: Re: how to check if os-ddclient is working
Post by: franco on February 04, 2022, 03:57:07 PM
Sure, we might as well improve ddclient plugin after this invaluable feedback in 22.1.1 which is the first update it can possibly get!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: how to check if os-ddclient is working
Post by: robertkwild on February 04, 2022, 04:14:19 PM
thanks

as when i used the new client i went back on my "noip" website and it didnt update as "last update" was saying yesterday instead of today

when i reverted back to the old client, my "noip" website said "last update" was literally when i clicked the save and test button