Noip IPv6 DDNS Configuration
Summary
This article will guide you through configuring an IPv6 DDNS AAAA record on noip.com and creating an instance on RUT routers.
Prerequisite
To use the IPv6 DDNS service, you must have a Static or DynamicIPv6 Global Unicast Address (GUA) configured in your router WAN interface. Otherwise, it will not work. You can click on the following link to get more information about IPv6 Addressing.
Prefix | Range | Designation and explanation |
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2000::/3 | 2000::/64 - 3FFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF/64 | They are globally routable and reachable IPv6 addresses in the Internet. They are equivalent to public IPv4 addresses ant the operators of networks using these addresses can be found using the Whois servers of the RIRs listed in the registry at: https://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv6-unicast-address-assignments/ipv6-unicast-address-assignments.xhtml |
Step 1: noip.com configuration
First, access the website by entering www.noip.com/login in your internet web browser's URL bar.
Login screen
Login into noip.com system using your credentials. If you don't have a registered account, then you need to create one. You can do that by clicking Register.
Create host
After successfully logging into your account, in the control panel dashboard go to the "quick add" section and select More Records
A new window will prompt in your web browser; fill out the information according to your hostname and domain of preference, select the AAAA record, enter the default address for each Internet protocol accordingly and click on create hostname.
List of hosts
You can preview the list of hosts you have created by clicking the button Active