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Title: DNS-O-Matic
Post by: shapgil on December 28, 2017, 10:19:38 PM
I can't make the router to connect to Dns-o-matic service.
I read some posts from other people with other D-Link routers which seems to have problems connecting to dnsomatic.
I couldn't find a solution though....
Is it a known issue? is there a fix or a way to make it work?
Thanks,
Gil
Title: Re: DNS-O-Matic
Post by: FurryNutz on December 29, 2017, 09:54:21 AM
Link>Welcome! (http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=48135.0)


Some D-Link routers didn't support other 3rd party DNS services. They support DynDNS which is a D-Link supported service I believe.
Title: Re: DNS-O-Matic
Post by: shapgil on December 29, 2017, 10:36:23 AM
Hi FurryNutz,
Thanks for trying to help.

Model: DIR-860L
H/W ver.: B1
F/W Ver.: 2.03
Region: US

From router:
Advanced >> Dynamic DNS
Enable Dynamic DNS: Enabled
Status: Disconnected
Server Address: updates.dnsomatic.com Manual
Host Name: all.dnsomatic.com
User Name: [email]
Password: [password]
Time Out: 24 hours

Title: Re: DNS-O-Matic
Post by: FurryNutz on December 29, 2017, 10:46:10 AM
You my try DynDNS as see...

Title: Re: DNS-O-Matic
Post by: shapgil on December 29, 2017, 10:49:31 AM
Can DynDSN update my OpenDNS ip?
Title: Re: DNS-O-Matic
Post by: FurryNutz on December 29, 2017, 10:52:33 AM
I would contact them and ask. I don't use DDNS services.
Title: Re: DNS-O-Matic
Post by: shapgil on December 29, 2017, 10:58:53 AM
I can confirm that DynDNS (dlinkddns) is working.
However, in order to use OpenDNS, I need to use DnsOMatic which doesn't work.
Any suggestions?
Title: Re: DNS-O-Matic
Post by: FurryNutz on December 29, 2017, 11:00:44 AM
I presume if you use DDNS that OpenDNS may not be needed. I'd contact DDNS and see if any additional configurations are needed.

DNS O Matic is probably not supported on D-Link routers.
Title: Re: DNS-O-Matic
Post by: shapgil on December 29, 2017, 11:03:19 AM
OpenDNS is needed in order to have a personal web pages filtering/monitoring.
It is a pity that D-Link routers don't support manual dynamic dns services.
Title: Re: DNS-O-Matic
Post by: FurryNutz on December 29, 2017, 01:38:18 PM
I would ask DDNS if there is any configurations they support that would work for your needs...
Title: Re: DNS-O-Matic
Post by: GreenBay42 on January 02, 2018, 10:57:20 AM
Viewing an old SNB forum post, someone said to use the username, not the email address.

Thank you again! I played around with the settings and did get an e-mail which confirmed I had gotten it right. For reference the setup for DNS-O-Matic is:

Hostname: 'all.dnsomatic.com' (Don't ask me why, but it's what works)
User name or e-mail address : 'username' (Using e-mail didn't work)
Password: 'password'

I used DNS-O-Matic with my old D-Link as well and it's a great service where you can do all your DNS related operations through the router not having to run and scripts and/or clients on a machine in your network. They support all major dyndns services in addition to OpenDNS of course (I'm using them for for parental controls).
Title: Re: DNS-O-Matic
Post by: FurryNutz on January 02, 2018, 11:38:41 AM
Hopefully this might help.  :o
Title: Re: DNS-O-Matic
Post by: Cris70 on April 11, 2020, 10:01:44 AM
Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but I have the exact same issue.
I'm trying to do the same thing, but I don't understand the "username instead of email" thing.
There's no such thing as a username on OpenDNS. Or, better, username equals email.
Did anybody have success with DNS-o-matic?