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

Just to be clear for everybody:

You can use IPv6 on your apple router with duiadns. If you have a hostname from a shared domain like duia.us for example, only A, AAAA dns updates will be accepted. If you have your own domain (you can have one for free from freenom.com if you want to test) duiadns will honor all dns updates sent by your apple router: A, AAAA, SRV, PTR, etc.

FWIW. I have been using DynDNS with my 4G AirPort Extreme base station for several years now in order to access an attached USB HDD remotely.

Is this ALL you did? Simply configure the global host name in the Airport Utility?

Here's how I have mine setup:

Prerequisites:

• A DDNS Account
• Dynamic Global Host Name

Setup (AirPort Utility v5.x):

• AirPort Utility > Select the base station > Manual Setup >AirPort > Base Station tab > Edit ...
• Use dynamic global hostname (checked)
• Hostname: dyndns.com
• User: <enter your DynDNS user account name>
• Password: <enter your DynDNS user account password>
• Click "Done."
• AirPort Utility > Select the base station > Manual Setup > Disks > File Sharing tab > Share disks over the Internet with Bonjour (checked)

Setup (AirPort Utility v6.x):

• AirPort Utility > Select the base station > Edit > Internet > Internet Options...
• Use dynamic global hostname (checked)
• Hostname: dyndns.com
• User: <enter your DynDNS user account name>
• Password: <enter your DynDNS user account password>
• Click "Save."
• Disks tab > Enable file sharing (checked)
• Click "Update."

To access the AirPort Disk:

OS X: Finder > Go > Connect to Server > Server Address: <your DynDNS Global Host Name>

Which version of the Aiport utility are you using?

I prefer to use v5.6.

Also, are you using a paid plan from DynDNS? Or the free one?

The free one.

Did you solve the problem? I have the same issue: DynDns wont update.

Does anyone have a solution to this?

We have an brand new 802.11ac Extreme with a couple Expresses and this is a major downfall.

Hard to believe Apple has continued to leave such an important feature as DynDNS out of their newest products.

I wish I could return the apple extreme router too. It has no wired dhcp client list and now I find out it has no way to update a dynamic dns. This router is a crock of crp.

I have been enduring constant problems with a Netgear router and Netgear extender of various forms. The ONLY reason i endure the terrible netgear product is that Apple has completely missed the boat on dynamic DNS.

Unlike the suggestion above that its easy to use a OSX based client service (which is what i use with an AE base station at my home), this is NOT possible to use reliably at a second home where there are power outages while i am away. I need to rely on the automatic reboot of the router after a power failure to enable reporting to DYNDNS so that i can access my home automation system, video monitoring and temperature services.

I love all my super easy connectivities of my AE, AX, ATV's with my iMac, kids latpops, several iPads and of course iphones and yamaha reciever, and .....at my main home, utilizing my iMac with DYNDNS for remote access to files etc.

With the netgear router and extedner at my second home, i have to have two networks ( Main and Main_EXT) and switch between them, my AX for music to the home stereo gets dropped in airplay constantly and the Netgear extender will frequently just lose internet connectivty with the main router or while streaming DISH programming through my iPad to an ATV on a "spot" basis, just enough to interrupt the show.

Hours and Hours have been spent trying to get the netgear system to work reliabily as the backbone of my wireless system with only mixed success.

ALL BECAUSE APPLE HAS THEIR HEAD IN THE SAND ON DYNAMIC DNS AND THE NEWEST AIRPORT UTILITIES...

Come on apple.....I'll buy a new one asap if i knew it had this simple option, which EVERY OTHER ROUTER on the market has now.

My solution is to install dyndns client on a raspberry pi behind the airport extreme. Raspberry Pi is a cheap Debian system and installing the ddns client on it is clearly described on the dyndns website. The raspberry pi is low power too, basically a phone processor.

Hope this helps someone.

Thats a great idea. But for an overpriced router combined with another $50 for a pi, it makes it really pricey.

What i have always appreciated from Apple through the years is the onion concept; Keep it really simple for new users, but let advanced users peel and peel to incredible power and customization. However with things like the the new airport utility that no longer allows advanced users to customize, they are alienating their "early adopters" that like to innovate and drive the success of new apple ideas.

Come on Apple.. wake up.. return to an airport utility that really allows complete control for advanced users and for crying out loud, put in dynamic DNS....almost every router including those under $50 have them.

A very unhappy, and very large apple customer and proponent.....

Got mine working, using Tesserax instructions

I'm using airport utility 7.7.1.

My Domain server TZODNS, and I get into my Synology NAS.

I have an 2TB AirPort Time Capsule and am running OSX 10.9 with AirPort Utility 6.3.2. My web server is a Synology DiskStation DS211j (DSM V3.0). I was able to get DynDNS to work by using the Synology Dyn app within DSM to configure my external dynamic IP. This got me to the AirPort router. Then through the AirPort Utility in Network > Port Settings I added an entry for Personal Web Sharing on port 80 using the static IP I selected for the DiskStation. You just need to make sure you use a static IP outside of the DHCP range. 🙂

Tesserax wrote:

Here's how I have mine setup:

• Hostname: dyndns.com
• User: <enter your DynDNS user account name>
• Password: <enter your DynDNS user account password>

How does that make sense? I have multiple DynDNS hostnames. This doesn't appear to provide any way to update a specific hostname with my Airport Extreme's IP.