Comments on: Tomato firmware: Dynamic DNS with dynDNS.org

By: g725s

g725s — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 21:01:19 +0000

Thanks. I found a guide at HowToGeek.com that helped. Check it out:

http://www.howtogeek.com/60774/connect-to-your-home-network-from-anywhere-with-openvpn-and-tomato/

By: Pascal

Pascal — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:54:31 +0000

it’s been a long time since I logged in DynDNS. Sure they have done some changes since the screenshot was taken. I will verify and come back with additional information.

Notice that Tomato supports other dynamic dns providers that could offer you more than DynDNS. It may be worth to look at.

By: g725s

g725s — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 23:06:34 +0000

There seems to be some changes at the dyndns site.
You show pictures of the account that show no need to input your IP and also in the firmware you have selected wildcard.

Are those pics from dyndns from an account that you paid for or are they of a free account?

When I sign up for an account it requires that i imput my IP Address. And also the Wildcard is only for the paid option. What is the Wildcard option you checked in the Tomato firmware?

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By: Celo

Celo — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:06:09 +0000

I guess I should be more clear. I figured it out how to access to my files when I am in my home network but I want to be able to watch my movies when I am away from such as watching from an iPhone/iPad or another computer. Thanks Pascal!

By: Celo

Celo — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 03:53:48 +0000

Would you mind writing up how to setup Media Server/DNLA for Tomato? I can setup fine I guess from what I googled so far but I do not know how to access it? Can you give some sample addresses of the media server/USB hard drive? I am little lost (again) Thanks!

By: Pascal

Pascal — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 22:51:36 +0000

Good!

By: Celo

Celo — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 05:28:58 +0000

YES! I just needed to add the 8080 in the end of the host address. It works! Thanks anyway!

By: Celo

Celo — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 03:46:07 +0000

I did everything like you said but cannot connect. I am a newbie so please help

I am trying to access my router but it does not connect. Do I type the hostname I created or my IP address in the address field of the browser?

Do I even know what am I saying?

Thank you!

By: Andreas

Andreas — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 11:57:51 +0000

there is supposed to be two “-” before service and conf in
the comment above.. as in (without spaces between – and -) “mdu -
-service custom – -conf ddnsx*.conf”

By: Andreas

Andreas — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 11:55:38 +0000

Dont use ddns-update * force .. if you are gaming or
something like that when the update occurs you will suffer lag as
ddds-update * force invokes a nvram commit () – writes to the flash
memory. Use “mdu –service custom –conf ddnsx0.conf” or “mdu
–service custom –conf ddnsx1.conf” instead.. they do not invoke a
nvram commit () ! Just a note.. ddns-update runs the mdu call just
like above.. but it also commits to the nvram.. (perhaps only if
the force parameter is given, havent checked on that.. but calling
mdu directly fixed the lag issue on PSN for me) (:

By: Hamburg

Hamburg — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:28:27 +0000

You saved my day!

Thanks!

By: Hari

Hari — Mon, 03 May 2010 03:18:22 +0000

Does this method work if tomato router is setup in client mode behind the main router? I guess this depends on whether tomato takes the help of external services to figure out what the public IP is (like the services running on windows do).

I currently have tomato router with the public ip and ddns works fine without a schedule. But I do get the reminders from dyndns.com to click on a link to avoid expiration. Does a schedule to do a force update of ddns avoid this (in a sense, auto extend the expiration)?

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:15:12 +0000

I have mine set to every 12 hours. It updates both my DynDNS hosts. I have been running it like that for the last 6 months and I have not yet been banned. My IP rarely ever changes (Once a month) but if it changes, my downtime is minimal.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 09:36:33 +0000

Eric’s tip is exactly what I was looking for. I have a problem where my no-ip domain expires because my IP address changes so infrequently. Using this method, I can ensure that the domain stays active even when my IP address is nearly static.

Maybe I’m missing it, but where is a good reference for these kinds of commands in Tomato?

By: Pascal

Pascal — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 02:07:51 +0000

In what situation do you need to schedule this? I never had to force an update because as soon as the router get a connection, it updates dyndns.org automatically… I guess you have an ISP that changes your IP address frequently?

Pascal.

By: Eric

Eric — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:54:37 +0000

A handy tip that I found

Go to scheduler -> Custom 1

ddns-update 0 force
ddns-update 1 force

It will automatically update your DDNS automatically and you can change the frequency.