OpenWRT – DDNS

OpenWRT can use more than one DDNS service compared to a standard router. The setup is really easy.

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Go to all articles of this series and the description of the test setup:

➡ OpenWRT – Overview

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DDNS – Pakete installation

A DDNS can be set with OpenWRT. However, the DynDNS of the Fritz!Box 7490 is used and then passed on to the downstream devices.

The configuration file is located on the OpenWRT device at /etc/config/ddns.

By default, the necessary packages for DDNS are not installed on OpenWRT. The following packages must therefore be installed:

opkg install ddns-scripts luci-app-ddns luci-i18n-ddns-en luci-i18n-ddns-de uclient-fetch

After you have installed luci-app-dns the menu will be displayed Services --> Dynamic DNS.

Information

The domain name and the DynDNS Ip address should be displayed when the service runs correctly.

The IP address shall be the same as in the AVM router (port forwarding)

Global Settings

In the Global Settings a directory for the log files can be specified. A good option is to store the logs on an external USB storage. For a detailed description how to mount an USB storage device ➡ OpenWRT – USB Storage Device

mkdir /mnt/sda1/ddns/

Strato – Configuration

In den Grundlegenden Einstellungen sind die Domain- und Anmeldedaten für den DynDNS-Dienst von Strato einzutragen.

Basic Settings

Advanced Settings

Timer Settings

Log File Viewer

Trouble Shooting

DNS requests via TCP not supported

DNS requests via TCP not supported
BusyBox's nslookup and hostip do not support to specify to use TCP instead of default UDP when requesting DNS server!  
You should install 'bind-host' or 'knot-host' or 'drill' package for DNS requests.

Fix:

opkg install bind-host

  083928  WARN : Updating IP at DDNS provider failed - starting retry 195/0
 083928       : Detect local IP on 'network'
 083928       : Local IP '192.168.xxx.xxx' detected on network 'wan'
 083928       : Update needed - L: '192.168.xxx.xxx' <> R: '84.xxx.xxx.xxx'
 083928 ERROR : No or private or invalid IP '192.168.xxx.xxx' given! Please check your configuration
 083928 ERROR : No update send to DDNS Provider
 083928       : Waiting 600 seconds (Check Interval)
 084928       : Detect registered/public IP
 084929       : #> /usr/bin/nslookup strobel.cloud  >/var/run/ddns/strato.dat 2>/var/run/ddns/strato.err
 084929       : Registered IP '84.xxx.xxx.xxx' detected

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Source:
– https://openwrt.org/
– https://openwrt.org/_media/docs/guide-graphic-designer/openwrt-logo-usage-guidelines.pdf