Noip.com DDNS configuration RUTOS

The information in this page is updated in accordance with 00.07.14 firmware version.

Introduction

Dynamic DNS (DDNS or DynDNS) is a service, that automatically and periodically updates your DNS records when your IP address changes. This is most often utilized when the end-user has a dynamic IP address and wants to bind it to a static hostname.

The device is compatible with many different third-party DNS services, that provide the possibility to create a custom hostname and bind it to an IP address. The DDNS service periodically updates the IP address information of the hostname, making sure that the device remains reachable via the same hostname even in cases when its IP address has changed.

This chapter is a guide on configuring a noip.com provider DDNS instance on RUTX14 router.

Prerequisites

You will need:

• One Teltonika Networks router (RUTX14 was used in this example)
• At least one end device (PC, Laptop) to configure the RUTX14 and DDNS provider
• Static or Dynamic Public IP address

How to know what IP address you have?

There is one mandatory precondition for DDNS to work, you must have a Static or Dynamic Public IP address. One of the easiest ways to check what IP address you have is to simply visit a website such as www.whatismyipaddress.com and compare the IP address shown there to the one you see in the RUTX14's WebUI. There are many ways how you can check what IP address your device has, a couple of those are:

• Go to RUTX14's WebUI Overview page and check that in one of the widgets.
• Go to Network → WAN page and check what IP address your WAN interface has.

If the IP address shown in www.whatismyipaddress.com is different to the one you see in the WebUI, it means that you're using a Shared Public IP and you won't be able to reach your device even if you would use DDNS.

Noip.com configuration

The first thing you will need to do is to visit the DDNS provider website. You can access it by entering www.noip.com/login to your internet browser's URL bar.

Then you will need to log in to your account. If you don't have a registered account yet, you will need to create one. You can do that by clicking the Sign Up button.

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When you will log in to the website, you will be automatically forwarded to the Dashboard page. Navigate to DDNS & Remote Access → No-IP Hostnames tab and click on Create Hostname.

In the opened window, make the following changes:

1. Hostname - Enter your preferred hostname.
2. Domain - Select your preferred Domain from the droplist.
3. IPv4 Address - Enter the Public IP address of your device.
4. Click on Create Hostname

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Note: If you are using the device you are trying to set up as your WAN source when visiting this website, it should automatically assign your IP address to that hostname you have just created. If it does not, or you are using a different WAN source, you can change the IP address by pressing the Modify button.

RUTX14 configuration

Log in to the RUTX14's WebUI by entering its LAN IP address to your internet browser's URL bar and then go to Services → Dynamic DNS and create a new instance:

1. Choose your desired name for the instance.
2. Click on Add button.

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Now apply the following configuration:

1. Enable - On
2. Lookup hostname - Enter the hostname, created on the no-ip.com website.
3. DDNS service provider - Select no-ip.com
4. Domain - Enter your hostname, create on the no-ip.com website.
5. Username - Enter your no-ip.com account username.
6. Password - Enter your no-ip.com account password.
7. IP address source - Public
8. Save & Apply

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Wait for about 10 minutes from the time you saved the changes. In the Status column, you should see the last time the DDNS was updated and whether the service is running. (If it does not change for a while, try changing the Check and Force intervals in DDNS settings, or reboot your RUTX14).

Results

One of the easiest ways to check whether the DDNS service works is by trying to access the RUTX14's WebUI by using it. In order to enable remote HTTP/HTTPS access go to System → Administration → Access Control and Enable remote HTTP/HTTPS access and click Save & Apply.

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Try to access the RUTX14 by entering the hostname in your internet browser's URL bar.

External links

https://www.noip.com