Dynamic IP on Airport Time Capsule

However, I have a dynamic IP address (residential service) that I would like to carry on using my no-ip.com account to provide a dynamic IP update service, so that I can continue with some remote access services. I can find the section in the Airport utility (6.3.2) for Use Dynamic Global Hostname which asks for the hostname, username and password; but how does this setting know to use no-ip.com as my provider, or does it assume that I have a paid DynDNS account.

I don't use no-ip.com, but have you tried entering: no-ip.com in the Hostname field and your no-ip.com user credentials in the subsequent fields?

I have tried that as suggested and it doesn't see to update no-ip.com.

Sorry, this entry is not for the same purpose that other manufacturer routers use it for and that is to perform as a DDNS client to update your DDNS service with any dynamic public IP addresses changes provided by your ISP. Instead it is for accessing the AirPort or an AirPort Disk attached to the base station's USB port.

So after a couple of hours of playing around and testing I've finally found the correct settings to achieve this, I wasn't able to find the configuration options through the Windows Airport Utility client but borrow a MacBook Air from a family member and was able to find it:

1. Open the AirPort Utility on a Mac computer.

2. Click on your AirPort Device, then click "Edit".

3. Select the "Internet" tab.

4. Now in the "Domain Name" section type "yourhostname.ddns.net" or it could be "yourhostname.no-ip.com" or whatever other hostname No-IP.com may have assigned you.

5. Now click the "Internet Options" button.

6. At the bottom of the windows that opened tick the check box "Use dynamic global hostname"

7. In the "Hostname" section fill it with "no-ip.ddns"

8. In the "User" & "Password" sections fill it with the username and password that you chose when creating your "No-IP.com" account.

9. Now click "Save" which will save the settings and click "Update" to update the Airport device which will also restart it.

And you're done!

Please note that it does sometimes take up to 5 to 10 minutes to update the DNS settings to No-IP.com, which caused me to think it wasn't working initially.

Good luck!

Is this tested allready by someone?

I'll try this but i'll think my *****.ddns.net don't update automaticly for the moment.

I still must manually on my mac update the address.

I'll just test it without result.. the ip doesn't change automatically.

Tips?

Again, as I mentioned to the OP, the AirPort base stations do NOT provide a DDNS client. You will still need to both download a client from your DDNS provider and run it on one of your computers on your local network to update your provider.

It´s correct what Tesserax answer, there is no ip-client on TC. What I´ve done is to download the client from no-ip.