Get WAN IP from router using ddclient

[walttheboss]

I use ddclient on a linux box to update several dynamic IP addresses.

Some routers allow you to call for the IP address from the Router.

Cisco would do it this way from ddclient config file:

use=cisco, fw=192.168.1.1:80, fw-login=ADMIN, fw-password=ADMIN

I am looking for how to do this on an ASUS RT-N66U running the latest Merlin FW

something like: use=asus . . . .

 

[Zirescu]

Any reason to not use the WAN->DDNS setting to send the update directly from the router?

 

[walttheboss]

Any reason to not use the WAN->DDNS setting to send the update directly from the router?

Thanks for your reply.

We are updating 4 websites and one opendns account. So some of them need to be done outside the router. And for some reason the ZoneEdit hosts do not like to work with Merlin.

 

[Zirescu]

Thanks for your reply.

We are updating 4 websites and one opendns account. So some of them need to be done outside the router. And for some reason the ZoneEdit hosts do not like to work with Merlin.

You might be able to use DNS-O-Matic - https://www.dnsomatic.com

 

[swetoast]

if you need ddclient install entware and grab the perl package then it should run