Asuscomm DDNS problems last days? (AX88U)

[kokein]

Hi ! Has anyone else noticed a problems with Asuscomm DDNS in the past few days?

I haven't been able to connect to my network from outside for a few last days.
There were no problems before - it simply stopped connecting to my servers trough mydomain.asuscomm.comort's
I assumed it was a my configuration issue, so I started digging into the settings, make changes of both the router and my servers...
There were many attempts, reconfiguration, changing ports, etc., certificates, etc. I even turned off all security thinking that it might be a firewall issue, etc., but no.
I cant access to any mydomain.asuscomm.comort's.

Strangely enough, all the "verification"/diagnostics were working properly. Port forwarding is done correctly (I went back to the settings from a few days ago - the ones that worked)
My IP responds, nslookup responds too, PINGs are running, ports are open, but it doesn't connect... - i.e. something was blocking me, but only through Asuscomm. Both Http & Https.

Just to clarify, I haven't even done any updates in the last few days. Neither the servers nor the Router before the problem appeared.

The culprit turned out to be Asuscomm DDNS I think...
- because after test changing my DDNS temporary to NoIP everything immediately works properly like using a magic trick.
So my LAN and router configs are fine ( was fine all the time ) It's a pity that I didn't think of it earlier because I was clearly looking in the wrong place and I wasted many hours tracking down the bug.

But maybe someone had a similar situation in the past few days?

All the best !
Nick

 

[bbunge]

Asus DDNS does have problems from time to time. Stay with the NoIP free service. You will have to verify it monthly but I have never had it fail me.

 

[tallytr]

Asus DDNS does have problems from time to time. Stay with the NoIP free service. You will have to verify it monthly but I have never had it fail me.

Monthly verification sucks in a way, what happens when you are on vacation or forget? Using Asus DDNS forever for the home alarm and at times it was a life saver
When I have issues its usually the router config, reboot router, switch DDNS On/Off, press Apply, use a new Asus host name.
Let's Encrypt works well with Asus DDNS...
I did not experience any real issues with Asus DDNS in the past.

 

[Ripshod]

what happens when you are on vacation or forget?

I still get the email and I can still follow the link so vacation isn't an issue. It takes no longer than 30 seconds to verify following the link in that email.
Being aware of this I respond immediately so I don't forget.

 

[tallytr]

I still get the email and I can still follow the link so vacation isn't an issue. It takes no longer than 30 seconds to verify following the link in that email.
Being aware of this I respond immediately so I don't forget.

OK, email is cool, didn't know, does NoIP work well with Let's Encrypt, auto renewal working when the router WAN-IP changes, why using NoIP over Asus DDNS?

 

[Ripshod]

I use noip because as far as I'm aware it's never let me down. Auto updates and Let's Encrypt work just fine. 5 years and still going.
Never really saw a need to try anything else.

 

[tallytr]

I use noip because as far as I'm aware it's never let me down. Auto updates and Let's Encrypt work just fine. 5 years and still going.
Never really saw a nee4d to try anything else.

Just signed up for the free noIP DDNS, works great, also Let's Encrypt.

One more question on hostname verification. Yes or No?

 

[Ripshod]

I opt yes, but only because my isp likes to change my public IP (seemingly) randomly. If your ip remains the same while connected "no" will be fine.

 

[kokein]

Monthly verification sucks in a way, what happens when you are on vacation or forget? Using Asus DDNS forever for the home alarm and at times it was a life saver
When I have issues its usually the router config, reboot router, switch DDNS On/Off, press Apply, use a new Asus host name.
Let's Encrypt works well with Asus DDNS...
I did not experience any real issues with Asus DDNS in the past.

I'm also "new" to NoIP so will wait for that email [paying is also not a problem, but asuscomm is just more simple to use - . ] I like it for its "build in to router" simplicity.
...and yeah, I've done "the router config, reboot , switch DDNS, On/Off, & press Apply, & even used a new Asus host name" - same problem exist. :-(
Only thing that I did not done is Hard Reset - but I really don't want to do this ;-)

& Yep, Let's Encrypt does work with NoIP for me also.

 

[kokein]

Just signed up for the free noIP DDNS, works great, also Let's Encrypt.

One more question on hostname verification. Yes or No?


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Same here about my ISP:

Now I just need to try passing trough NoIP to my Ngnix service & SSL cert locally...