Our DDNS service

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hmmm if I simply use astralmind-reef.myreefangel.com, it attempts to connect directly to my router asking for its credentials. I have to add the ":2000" for it to bounce to my reef angel (and from there on it seems fine). Did I miss something ?
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astralmind wrote:hmmm if I simply use astralmind-reef.myreefangel.com, it attempts to connect directly to my router asking for its credentials. I have to add the ":2000" for it to bounce to my reef angel (and from there on it seems fine). Did I miss something ?
Nope, that is correct. The DDNS service just points a domain name to your home network (ip address). you still need the port to get to the reef angel.

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binder wrote:
astralmind wrote:hmmm if I simply use astralmind-reef.myreefangel.com, it attempts to connect directly to my router asking for its credentials. I have to add the ":2000" for it to bounce to my reef angel (and from there on it seems fine). Did I miss something ?
Nope, that is correct. The DDNS service just points a domain name to your home network (ip address). you still need the port to get to the reef angel.

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Perfect, thanks! Awesome job on the android app btw, had not used it in 3 years, it evolved nicely
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astralmind wrote:
binder wrote:
astralmind wrote:hmmm if I simply use astralmind-reef.myreefangel.com, it attempts to connect directly to my router asking for its credentials. I have to add the ":2000" for it to bounce to my reef angel (and from there on it seems fine). Did I miss something ?
Nope, that is correct. The DDNS service just points a domain name to your home network (ip address). you still need the port to get to the reef angel.

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Perfect, thanks! Awesome job on the android app btw, had not used it in 3 years, it evolved nicely
Thanks!

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I've been having trouble with this for several days now. I'm unable to get a connection using myreefangel.com through Curt's app. Error 13 failed to connect, but it shows the wrong IP address. My no-ip address works fine, as does the portal. Has the myreefangel.com stopped updating for me?
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cosmith71 wrote:I've been having trouble with this for several days now. I'm unable to get a connection using myreefangel.com through Curt's app. Error 13 failed to connect, but it shows the wrong IP address. My no-ip address works fine, as does the portal. Has the myreefangel.com stopped updating for me?
I thought I saw something about the service not being available anymore but I don't recall. I would have to search more for it. If it is stopped, I still have my domain available for use. It's not as easy as the RA one but it works and is free.

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cosmith71 wrote:I've been having trouble with this for several days now. I'm unable to get a connection using myreefangel.com through Curt's app. Error 13 failed to connect, but it shows the wrong IP address. My no-ip address works fine, as does the portal. Has the myreefangel.com stopped updating for me?
yes, the RA ddns was brought down. see this post in the thread.
http://forum.reefangel.com/viewtopic.php?p=56452#p56452
He doesn't elaborate more but it's down.

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I need to figure out how to do it on a Linux system, which is what our new server is.
Until then, it is not updating :(
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rimai wrote:I need to figure out how to do it on a Linux system, which is what our new server is.
Until then, it is not updating :(
just a quick search yielded this
https://yingtongli.me/blog/2017/04/18/dynamic-dns.html
and this
http://andrwe.org/linux/own-ddns

now, i don’t know how well this would work for you but it can give you an idea of how to update the records when you get the values/ip address.


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That would explain it! I'm up and running on no-ip, so it's not a big deal right now.

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Any update on the DDNS?
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I didn't have time to check this out.
But with the new cloud service, this became obsolete, so I'm not so sure if this is going to be brought back.
The new cloud service allows for remote control and monitoring without any need of ip configuration or port forwarding.
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even if the Reef Angel ddns is obsolete, there still is the alternate ddns. it's not as easy as the ra version but it works.

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