yeah - same here down. PITA. might switch providers. I wish the stock ddns client would work with NameCheap.
Seems it has down for everyone.
I don't think it was caused by upgrades, I don't see any of offical notifications.
I choose asus ddns because I thought it is the own service of asus which is a middle-high end IT brand, they will always have a fast-response supporting team and keep it running more solid than other ddns providers.
Now I've learnt my lesson.
'Down for everyone' does seem to indicate upgrades or at least fixes in the Asus pipeline. Asus and many other companies do not notify consumer customers of their internal workings.
This is also a free service provided with an Asus router. Other DDNS providers charge for the same thing.
The lesson here is that 'free' works both ways. The responsibilities and expectations of the consumer are close to nil by using a 'free' service but, so is the opposite. The responsibilities of the provider is effectively zero too, except for how much they value customer good will (if at all). Asus doesn't owe you or I anything when we use their free services. They can do as they like (to keep it free) or cancel it completely with no repercussions either.
I too won't be happy with such a decision (if they did decide to stop a service like that suddenly and/or unexpectedly). But there is no recourse except start paying for another DDNS provider.
Google, Microsoft, Apple and all major companies have and will continue to do the same in the past and the foreseeable future. The lesson that I learnt is to 'enjoy the free offers while they last'. Depend on them? That I do at my own risk and blaming anyone else is a fruitless endeavor.
Sorry, I thought it may comes with the price I bought it and I'm not using it for free before.
I apologize for that.
I'm not intentional to be too greedy and acting so bad on table manner especially on free meals.
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