Dynamic DNS settings for Google Domains

Product Discussion Peplink Balance
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I’m having problems with my Peplink Balance One updating it’s dynamic DNS record with Google Domains. I just moved my domain to Google Domains, but used DynDNS before without any problems.

I don’t see Google Domains in the pull down list of providers, so I used:

Service Provider: Others
URL: domains.google.com
And then the Google generated username and password.

I get the following error:

DDNS: Domain home.stevem.net update failed for <WAN CONNECTION>. Authentication error.

I’m following the instructions at Set up DNSSEC & DNS security - Google Domains Help

Any help/ideas?

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Hi Steve,

Possible to screenshot the DDNS setting & share it here ?

Expected settings:

Beside that, can you please check whether google DDNS support HTTP update ? As Peplink DDNS only support DDNS update through HTTP.

Thank You

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Google does support HTTP as far as I know. What is the URL you have in the example above? I can’t see it all, and Google does not publish a full URL.

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Hi Steve,

Here is the URL:
http://domains.google.com/nic/update

It have been listed for the google reference link below for section “Using the API to update your Dynamic DNS record”.

Can you please try that ?

Thank You

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Authentication failed again. Used the URI/URL you provided, but didn’t seem to work.

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Hi Steve,

Please open a support ticket here for us to further check.

Google DDNS is the new public DDNS service & we need to further check on the compatibility.

Thank you

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Was this ever resolved? Using DNS-O-Matic right now, but I would like to directly update to Google Domains.

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Answered my own question, “The API requires HTTPS”… Can we get this added? Not a great idea to send creds in the clear regardless.

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Hi all,

This is on our roadmap. Target to support this on v6.4.0.

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10

@TK_Liew Has this been fixed? I upgraded to firmware 7.0 and my Google Dyanmic DNS is still throwing authentication errors:

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Not that I’m aware of. I have three Pepwave devices and still have to do a workaround to get them to update Google Domains.

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@AndrewSty3

The requested feature still in feature road-map.

Please consider using “Peplink DDNS service” if you missed the feature. For more information, please refer to the forum thread below:

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Any update on this? I renewed my warranty in the hope that this would be done soon. I have two more locations that need new edge routers. Much as I like Peplink routers, this is a deal killer feature.

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No ETA yet at the moment. For time being, Would you consider to use “Peplink DDNS service” ?

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Not really. I want these to be domain hosts. I could cname them but there’s be potential disruption when we change later.

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I’ve written my own Google DNS updater utility and have it run by scheduled tasks on a server under my network. It will be an elegant solution if Peplink devices can support Google domain as its standard feature though. Anyway, just my little wish list.

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Have there been any updates on this? I was trying this today and getting an auth error still. not sure if there’s been a work around in the last year and a half or if this still a road mapped feature.

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