George wrote:

Do you have any recommendations for routers that support dynamic DNS and
IP addresses?

Draytek




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George wrote:
Do you have any recommendations for routers that support dynamic DNS and
IP addresses?

My router and ISP-supplied modem don't support custom configurations, so
I'm limited to using the paid DynDNS or NoIP services. This prevents me
from using other, better free services to host my own website or run my
own mail server.

I have configured NoIP for now, but I would like to try others, such as DuckDNS and EasyDNS.

It has to be a router because I alone can control and manage it, whereas
a modem is for a large number of users, which would stop me from
flashing it with open-source OpenWRT or DD-WRT firmwares.

Peplink has a good offering.


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On 2026-02-23 07:01, George wrote:

Do you have any recommendations for routers that support dynamic DNS and
IP addresses?

My router and ISP-supplied modem don't support custom configurations, so
I'm limited to using the paid DynDNS or NoIP services. This prevents me
from using other, better free services to host my own website or run my
own mail server.

I have configured NoIP for now, but I would like to try others, such as DuckDNS and EasyDNS.

It has to be a router because I alone can control and manage it, whereas
a modem is for a large number of users, which would stop me from
flashing it with open-source OpenWRT or DD-WRT firmwares.

I use a dynamic DNS service that is not supported by the router. I
simply run a script on my server machine that detects the external IP
change and modify the registration at the remote DNS service.

The caveat is that there is a little delay.

I can improve things by reading the router log (which I store in my
server in real time) and detecting the instant the external IP changes,
but I have not bothered.

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Cheers, Carlos.
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George wrote:
Do you have any recommendations for routers that support dynamic DNS and
IP addresses?

My router and ISP-supplied modem don't support custom configurations, so
I'm limited to using the paid DynDNS or NoIP services. This prevents me
from using other, better free services to host my own website or run my
own mail server.

I have configured NoIP for now, but I would like to try others, such as DuckDNS and EasyDNS.

It has to be a router because I alone can control and manage it, whereas
a modem is for a large number of users, which would stop me from
flashing it with open-source OpenWRT or DD-WRT firmwares.

Another solution - if you have a computer that stays on connected to your network - you can write a very simple PHP script that will update your DYNDNS service - eliminating the need for a router to do it.


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On Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:45:03 +0100, "Carlos E.R."
<robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2026-02-23 07:01, George wrote:

Do you have any recommendations for routers that support dynamic DNS and
IP addresses?

My router and ISP-supplied modem don't support custom configurations, so
I'm limited to using the paid DynDNS or NoIP services. This prevents me
from using other, better free services to host my own website or run my
own mail server.

I have configured NoIP for now, but I would like to try others, such as
DuckDNS and EasyDNS.

It has to be a router because I alone can control and manage it, whereas
a modem is for a large number of users, which would stop me from
flashing it with open-source OpenWRT or DD-WRT firmwares.

I use a dynamic DNS service that is not supported by the router. I
simply run a script on my server machine that detects the external IP
change and modify the registration at the remote DNS service.

I understand the concept, but I'm curious to know about how often your
external (WAN) IP actually changes. I lived at my previous address for 6
years, 11 months, and had the same WAN IP for that entire time. At my
current residence, I've been here for 6 years and 10 months but I
changed ISPs about a year ago. So that's 3 ISPs over nearly 14 years,
and just 3 WAN IPs. That reminds me, it's probably time to move again.

<snip>


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On 2026-02-25 22:34, Char Jackson wrote:

On Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:45:03 +0100, "Carlos E.R."
<robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2026-02-23 07:01, George wrote:

Do you have any recommendations for routers that support dynamic DNS and >>> IP addresses?

My router and ISP-supplied modem don't support custom configurations, so >>> I'm limited to using the paid DynDNS or NoIP services. This prevents me
from using other, better free services to host my own website or run my
own mail server.

I have configured NoIP for now, but I would like to try others, such as
DuckDNS and EasyDNS.

It has to be a router because I alone can control and manage it, whereas >>> a modem is for a large number of users, which would stop me from
flashing it with open-source OpenWRT or DD-WRT firmwares.

I use a dynamic DNS service that is not supported by the router. I
simply run a script on my server machine that detects the external IP
change and modify the registration at the remote DNS service.

I understand the concept, but I'm curious to know about how often your external (WAN) IP actually changes. I lived at my previous address for 6 years, 11 months, and had the same WAN IP for that entire time. At my
current residence, I've been here for 6 years and 10 months but I
changed ISPs about a year ago. So that's 3 ISPs over nearly 14 years,
and just 3 WAN IPs. That reminds me, it's probably time to move again.

If my router resets, reboots, power-cycles, my external IP changes. And
some times, months in between, it changes for no reason at all (that I
know about).

This is peculiar to my ISP, telefonica.net, but I think other ISPs in
Spain act the same.

I participated in a Beta test of IPv6 with my provider, and the IPv6
address never changed. However, originally they intended to change it
for the same reasons as the IPv4 address, but the clients complained and apparently they understood.

Originally they even said that clients expected the IPv6 address to
cycle, that it was a good thing! Fortunately, the clients in the Beta
test apparently convinced them that no, we do not want the address to
cycle. They intended to charge for a fixed IPv6.

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ES??, EU??;

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