How to Setup Inadyn ViX

[punisher]

In this tutorial I will show you how to use a DynDNS account to setup Inadyn so you can use your own dns host for the receiver. This is a new feature in ViX 2.2.1

For this you will need a dyndns account, something a long the lines of xxxxxxx.dyndns.org (for the purpose of this example). If you don't have one then you can register a free one for your IP Address at


https://www.dyndns.com/account/services/hosts/add.html

Once you have your dyndns account setup, you need to enter into the Inadyn Setup which can be found by pressing Menu/Setup/System/Network

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Go into Inadyn Setup and you will see the default screen with the setup below

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You will need the details here that you registered when you setup your dyndns account

Your DynDNS Account Username
Your DynDNS Account Password
Your DynDNS Host Name

If you Press the Red Button "Setup" you will see the below screen where you will need to add your own account details as mentioned above

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Once you have entered them Press Red "Save" and you will be shown your settings as below

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Now this is important, You NEED to press Yellow "Stop" and then Yellow "Start" In order to start up Inadyn properly.

If you have set everything up correctly, press Green "Show Log" and you should see a screen similar to below with your Internet IP address as successful

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And that is it, you have no successful setup your DynDNS account. I use this so I can access the box when I am not at home for FTP use or Streaming use or accessing the Web Interface. Aslong you have the relevant Ports Forwarded in your router then you can access your receiver anywhere :p

Hope you find this useful

[kitsuneyo]

Thanks for this. Do you know if it work with FreeDNS.afraid.org domains?

[Ducky]

hi

how to update with no-ip??

regards

[padberwi]

hi

how to update with no-ip??

regards

Hi

i am also interested to know how ? tried to put : dyndns_system default@no-ip.org but doesnt work . i thought that inadyn was intented to no-ip service and dyndns client for DynDns.

[Markymark]

Has anyone solved this as I'm having the same issue and was pointed in this forums direction on another post I had made.

[Markymark]

It's the system part which seemed to be the problem when using no-ip

[punisher]

Try these

Username: 'Your No-IP username/email'
Password: 'Your No-IP password'
Set System: Yes
System: dynupdate.no-ip.com
Alias: 'Your No-IP hostname'

[Markymark]

Call me stupid but my system options don't have that no-ip option. I can only select from 3 of the per defined ones which none ave no-ip options.

[padberwi]

you have to change these settings in inadyn.conf located in /etc

[Markymark]

I made the changes in that file - however nothing seems to have changed when looking in menu - seems to have remembered the settings I entered on screen.

[Markymark]

I really am stuck with this one. Even if you make the changes in the file to put the following line in:


dyndns_system dynupdate@no-ip.com

The on screen menu still displays the 3 options @dyndns and wont let you select this system option ive coded into the file. As a result it wont connect. Really am lost now as I dont even have those options that are displayed on screen in my file.

[Markymark]

Anyone with any ideas on this one?

[BadBoy]

Why not use a dyn DNS account?

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[pr1s0m]

Been playing around with this this morning for you use:
dyndns_system default@no-ip.com

this works 100% for me

username "no-ip username"
password "no-ip password"
dyndns_system default@no-ip.com
alias "no-ip host name"

[Markymark]

Thanks seems to work a treat. That is a real fiddle and I think would benefit as a reference point as many are asking the same questions on the net.

[punisher]

ill speak to the devs see what they think

EDIT:

spoke to dev and it will be added into the image :D

[Markymark]

It's changes like this that you have to love about OS software - how it really is developed to meet the needs of the end user. :)

[punisher]

We do everything we can to try and cater for peoples needs :D

[Markymark]

Problem is slightly different now. Seems that the details have gone in (as we have now established). It also says that it is active on the menu, however when you press to look in the log file you get the following message:

w:INADYN: Error validating DYNDNS svr answer. Check usr,pass,hostname!

Now I know that all of the details that I have entered are correct, however it deffo isnt working when you try and connect to it via the dns name that no-ip gives you, just times out. I have checked that the firewall is port forwarding and this is in place.

Now im totally at a loss to what is causing this one.

[punisher]

Been playing around with this this morning for you use:
dyndns_system default@no-ip.com

this works 100% for me

username "no-ip username"
password "no-ip password"
dyndns_system default@no-ip.com
alias "no-ip host name"

pr1s0m used those settings above and got them to work, maybe he can shed some light for the time being. But as mentioned earlier it will be added in the next update so you can try then too. Unless someone else who uses no-ip that can try those above settings to see if they can get it to work

[Markymark]

Yeah I know - thats why I have been looking at all the elements of the setup (router, etc) Im not sure what that error message is all about really. It would be interesting to know what his log file is reading.

Like I said, it seems to activate in the menu, so that is what I thought was a little strange.

[Markymark]

Must point out its working now - same error as before, however seems to be connected.

[kunmun23]

I have a freedns.afraid.org account.
Have edited the /etc/inadyn.conf as follows :


# Check for a new IP every 54000 seconds (24 hours)
update_period_sec 54000

# Enter your DynDNS.com username and password here
username my-userid
password my-password

# What kind of host is being updated? Choices are dyndns@dyndns.org, statdns@dyndns.org, custom@dyndns.org
dyndns_system default@freedns.afraid.org

# The hosts you want to update (uncomment the lines below)
alias my-alias.mooo.com,my-hash-code
#alias another-dynamic-host.homeip.net



The UI seems to parse the file correctly and shows all the fields populated correctly. However, I don't see anything in the logs. I tried stopping and restarting the service but still nothing. Is there a way to test if the IP address is updated correctly (besides of course, trying to reboot the modem in an attempt to get a fresh IP)

[kunmun23]

Ok..just observed that it does not recognize default@freedns.afraid.org as "System". I mean it shows it from the file but when I go to Menu, the System value cannot be edited. It can only be picked up from select set of values dyndns, no-ip etc but no freedns

Any ideas?