DynDNS on Peplink Balance: step-by-step setup
Peplink Balance routers allow a custom DynDNS server in the Dynamic DNS Settings of each WAN connection from firmware 6.3. With DNS Beacon your network 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 Peplink Balance and go to Network → WAN → [connection] → Dynamic DNS Settings.
- 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
Network → WAN → [connection] → Dynamic DNS Settings
- Service:
- custom (User-defined)
- Server:
- api.dnsbeacon.com
- Hostname:
- myhouse.dnsfollowme.uk
- Username:
- your email address
- Password:
- your API key
- IPv6:
- IPv4 only – Peplink's DDNS does not report IPv6 addresses. For IPv6, run the DNS Beacon client directly on the target device.
From firmware 6.3 you can specify a custom DDNS server under Dynamic DNS Settings. The custom option speaks the DynDNS protocol — enter the API host as the server. Username is your email, password is an API key.
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.
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