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==Prerequisite==

==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|IPv6 Addressing]]'''.

To use the IPv6 DDNS service, you must have a '''Static or Dynamic IPv6 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|IPv6 Addressing]]'''.

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!'''2000::/3'''

!'''2000::/3'''

!'''2000::/64 - 3FFF:FFFF:FFFF:FFFF/64'''

!'''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

|They are globally routable and reachable IPv6 addresses on the Internet; analogously considered the equivalent of public IPv4 addresses. 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

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[[File:MoreRecordsNoip.png|1200px|center]]

[[File:MoreRecordsNoip.png|1200px|center]]

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'''.

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 '''loopback address''' for each Internet protocol accordingly and click on '''create hostname'''.

[[File:HostnameStepsNoip.png|800px|center]]

[[File:CreateAAAARecord.png|800px|center]]

===List of hosts===

===Record Validation===

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You can preview the list of hosts you have created by clicking the button '''Active'''

Check the record you just have created has an '''Active''' button below the hostname. Don't worry about the warning signal displayed in the '''Last Update''' field; it's just to inform you that no dynamic update has been detected yet.

 

 

'''Note:''' For further verifications, you can send a query to check the DNS records for your given domain name by introducing at your laptop command prompt or shell terminal the '''nslookup''' command as shown below: