ddclient is definitely not updating my dynamic IP address

[Randy Kelsoe]

Barry Yu wrote:

> anks for you advice, It has nothing to do with DynDNS site, when check 
> my XP, the auto IP updater works fine but noe the ddclient in FC2. I 
> had contacted the original programmer PaulBurry for help by Email and 
> obtained new hint, and my first try seems working in updating my WAN 
> IP address as I read the mail issued from ddclient, but I still have 
> to wait for the next WAN IP change if ddclient this time can really 
> update my new WAN IP into DynDNS's database record..


I saw the same problem that you did, Barry. The fix was to edit my 
/etc/ddclient.conf file and uncomment the line:

    use=web                                 # via web

With that line commented out, my IP would get set to 192.168.1.1. With:

    use=fw, fw=192.168.1.1/Status.htm, fw-skip='IP Address' # found 
after IP Address
    use=web                                 # via web

uncommented, it works fine now.