Is it still not possible to use Airport Extreme with DynDNS?

It doesnt make sense. Also what doesn't make sense is that you cannot use AT&T micro-cell with it. Unbelievable.

So I just had to put the Airport into bridge mode and buy another router. BTW, if you put the airport into bridge mode, you will lose the guest wifi feature. Thanks again Apple Team!

This isn't really a reply. I have a question.

What is the purpose or advantage of using DynDNS?

If it is to access disk drives then why don't you just use the disk access that the Extreme/TimeCapsule provides when you share disks through iCloud?

IPod Therefore I am, having DynDNS allows me access to my entrire home network from external by being able to "find" my IP address since my service provider using Dynamic IP addressing and can change it from time to time. DynDNS provides the path to my home, regardless of what my service provide asigns to me. But it can only do that if it "knows" what my curren IP address is. This is what "client" programs on the computer or settings in most routers allow to happen: reporting to DynDNS my current actual IP address so that it "knows" where i am and can reroute my requests to the proper IP address.

Hope that helps....its much more than just accessing a disk... i access home automation, thermostats, lighting, main computer hard drives, external hard drives etc.

thanks,

Not sure if you tried to look further than this forum, but dyndns has a nice article on doing this http://dyn.com/support/airport-time-capsule-with-dynamic-dns/which works and explains both why it's different for apple routers and what needs to be done to get it working.

Hate to disappoint, but this discussion group is not a hotline to engineering and Apple folks don't tend to take input on this channel in the most part. Raising a bug with apple is generally the best way to get these things to change.

Btw: I am not an apple employee. Simply a user of apple, and a member of the apple community who sees these discussions as a place to ask for, and receive help and assistance.

hope this helps

JAA

According to the link you posted, DynDNS is no longer possible with AEX's after Airport Utllity 6.1. Not sure why you say it works? The article very clearly states that Apple has removed this functionality.

DUIA ( www.duiadns.net ) support Airport Extreme DDNS service.

register

Host name(DDNS) is subdoamin.domain (ex. subdomain = router, Domain = duia.ro Host Name(DDNS) is router.duia.ro.

After register

MY ACCOUNT - Settings -Account info

User/Token, MD5 pass is important

Airport Utility

Host name = ex) router.duia.ro

User = User/Token

Password = MD5 pass

Hi Yongjae,

I have 3rd generation of Time Capsule, firmware 7.6.4 and Airport Utility 6.3.4.

Since I could not make it work for DYNDNS and NOIP services, I've tried your solution using DUIA and it's still not working:

Hostname: <<mysubdomain>>.duia.eu

User: <<User/Token value from the DUIA account info>>

Password: <<MD5 pass value from the DUIA account info>>

I have also tried adding the Domain name in the airport utility, as seen in my screenshot: <<mysubdomain>>.duia.eu, duia.eu, leaving it blank, etc.

Any suggestions? Anyone being able to use this one or any other Dynamic IP provider?

Duiadns is working with apple router, but not by default. You need a 'special' User/Key/Token associated with your hostname and for this drop them an email.

It is also a free feature, i can tell you that since i'm the owner of Duiadns.

Let me give you an example (login to duiadns then go to settings -> account info):

The default user/key/token looks like: 2vsrx6z

The new user that works with apple's routers looks like: 2vsrx6z-key:zDLG6ehRcVeoyTUqP7tOJg==

So your credentials on apple airport's ddns page will be:

Hostname: myapplehost.duia.eu

User: 2vsrx6z-key:zDLG6ehRcVeoyTUqP7tOJg==

Password: <<MD5 pass value from the DUIA account info>>

We are working to integrate this on your duiadns account interface but until is done, request this key by email (support [at] duiadns.net).

Here's the tutorial for running duiadns on your apple router:

https://www.duiadns.net/running-duiadns-on-apple-router

Due to a huge number of apple airport routers using Duiadns, we decided to keep this 'feature' (RFC2136) free only for those duiadns accounts created before 01.01.2016. There is still time to register a free account that can be used on your airport router forever and free.

I'm succesfully using Duidadns.net with the Apple router "feature", even though my Airport Extreme (1st gen, Firmware v7.6.4) is using a firmware newer than than v7.6.1, which doesn't work anymore with Dyn.com ( https://help.dyn.com/airport-and-time-capsule-with-dynamic-dns/ ).

I can reboot my DSL modem, and see that the DNS host gets updated with the new IP address.

The most common misconfig when using duiadns on an airport router is checking 'IPv6 Connection Sharing'.

Make sure you DO NOT HAVE IPv6 Connection Sharing enabled/checked (see the image below) or your apple router will send malformed mDNS packets.