DynDNS on bintec elmeg: step-by-step setup
bintec elmeg routers (be.IP, RS series) ship with a DynDNS client that can call any DynDNS2 update URL via a freely defined provider. With DNS Beacon your site stays reachable under a permanent hostname even when your WAN IP changes. Here's how to set it up.
Step by step
- Open the admin interface of your bintec elmeg and go to Local Services → DynDNS Client → DynDNS Provider → New.
- Enter the values below. Your username is your account email, your password is an API key from the dashboard.
- Save the settings. Your hostname now updates automatically whenever your IP changes — usually within a minute.
Settings to enter
Local Services → DynDNS Client → DynDNS Provider → New
- Server:
- api.dnsbeacon.com
- Update URL:
- /nic/update?hostname=<domain>&myip=<ipaddr>
- Hostname:
- myhouse.dnsfollowme.uk
- Username:
- your email address
- Password:
- your API key
- IPv6:
- From firmware 10.2.5 the DynDNS client also reports IPv6 (incl. DS-Lite) — enable the IPv6 option in the provider entry; placeholder per the firmware help.
Under Local Services → DynDNS Client → DynDNS Provider, create a new provider with this server and update URL. bintec substitutes <domain> with the hostname and <ipaddr> with the current WAN IP; username and password are sent for authentication. Then select this provider in the DynDNS registration.
IPv4 or IPv6?
The values above update the IPv4 address (A record) — the normal case on connections with their own public IPv4. For IPv6 (AAAA record) the device sends the parameter &myipv6=<IPv6> in addition or instead. How to do that on this device is in the "IPv6" row of the table.
DS-Lite or CGNAT (many cable and fibre connections): the router then has no public IPv4, and the service rejects a private WAN address with "abuse". In that case send only myipv6 — or use the DNS Beacon client directly on the target device, which detects both address families itself.
Need a free hostname first?
Create a free DNS Beacon account, add a hostname and generate an API key — then come back and finish the setup above.
Create free account