Hi,
I have a Route10. I configured a thirdparty DDNS service (Afraid FreeDNS). After mucking around in the UI, it appears there is no way to check if the the third party DDNS update was performed by the system. When I hover over the device’s IP, I still see the default Alta DDNS active.
When does the system automatically perform the update? Is it at a fixed interval? Or when it finds that the external WAN address changed? Is there a way to manually trigger an update?
Currently you would need to go to Events->Logs, then search for ddns to see any log messages related to third-party DDNS. The DDNS updater runs every time the WAN IP address is obtained/updated, including after the device boots. There isn’t a way to force a sync without using the CLI (shift-click on the Alta Device name in Network):
cat /etc/config/ddns
Identify the section name from the config file above, then:
/usr/lib/ddns/dynamic_dns_updater.sh -n [section_name] -- stop
/usr/lib/ddns/dynamic_dns_updater.sh -n [section_name] -- start