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Everything else / Re: Best DynDNS alternative: FreeDNS.afraid.org
« on: October 19, 2024, 09:46:55 PM »I wonder, can HFS update it automatically?Yes, it's easy, but read a very important note at the end...
1. Login to your FreeDNS.Afraid.org account and go to "Dynamic DNS".
2. Copy the link from "Direct URL" for the domain you want to update.
3. From that link, change "https://" to "http://" (removing the 's'),
since HFS can't handle SSL connections (unless you are using v2.4 RC7).
Link example:
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http://freedns.afraid.org/dynamic/update.php?xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
4. In HFS, press F5 (if you are not already in 'Expert mode'), and go to...
'Menu' > 'Dynamic DNS updater' > 'Custom...' and paste there the link.
5. It's all ready. Enjoy!
NOTE: My recommendation for FreeDNS.Afraid.org remains, but I currently do not recommend to use HFS to do the 'DNS update' (as a 'Dynamic DNS client'). It can be used along HFS, but it's better not within it. This is because, no matter what DynDNS service you do use, I've noticed that HFS it's not very reliable for this task (I've found a small bug when using the 'Custom' option, and although it seems to work, I can't guarantee it will always function). What kind of bug? HFS is -always- updating the DNS even if is not necessary, without checking first if the IP of the hostname has changed or not, and this leads to this "ERROR: Address 123.xxx.xxx.xxx has not changed." For casual use, it could work fine, but for use on as a permanent server, it's much better to use another DDNS client to update the IP.