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It would seem that OpenDNS are now redirecting logins to the DNS-O-Matic service which has broken the update mechanism used by my BiPAC 8900AX R2.
https://support.opendns.com/hc/en-us/ar ... 0037648951

I suspect other Billion routers will be affected as are routers from other manufacturers. The change happened mid-July, OpenDNS have not yet responded to any support tickets.
https://support.opendns.com/hc/en-us/co ... ved-error-

Is there any chance that this can be fixed in the firmware? Alternatively, it would be great if more Dynamic DNS services could be supported, especially a Custom URL option (like the one in DD-WRT) which would open up many more options.
https://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Dynamic_DNS

Current theory is that DNS-O-Matic implemented a 301 redirect from http to https which the ddns client does not support.

ddnsd: update all.dnsomatic.com request failed. Please check the setting.

If this is the case, sounds like it would be simple to fix in firmware.

Just being able to schedule a ping of a custom URL would do the trick.

Folk on the DD-WRT forum have found that changing the URL to the following works.
Hopefully engineering can make this simple change, or better still, allow us to customise the URL.

ittroll wrote: ↑Tue Aug 25, 2020 8:48 am Folk on the DD-WRT forum have found that changing the URL to the following works.

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https://updates.dnsomatic.com:443/nic/update?hostname=

Hopefully engineering can make this simple change, or better still, allow us to customise the URL.

Attached is the DNS-O-Matic fix for the 8900 series (8900X-R3, 8900AX-1600R2 and 8900AX-2400)

billion_fan wrote: ↑Mon Sep 07, 2020 9:51 am Attached is the DNS-O-Matic fix for the 8900 series (8900X-R3, 8900AX-1600R2 and 8900AX-2400)

I just tried Zcomax8900AX-R2_2.52.d4.afw on my 8900AX-1600 R2 and it says it is an illegal image.

Re-downloaded and tried again but got the same message.

I am currently running 2.52.d3

ittroll wrote: ↑Mon Sep 07, 2020 9:40 pm

billion_fan wrote: ↑Mon Sep 07, 2020 9:51 am Attached is the DNS-O-Matic fix for the 8900 series (8900X-R3, 8900AX-1600R2 and 8900AX-2400)

I just tried Zcomax8900AX-R2_2.52.d4.afw on my 8900AX-1600 R2 and it says it is an illegal image.

Re-downloaded and tried again but got the same message.

I am currently running 2.52.d3

I seem to have the same issue let me check with our engineers (firmware removed for now)

billion_fan wrote: ↑Tue Sep 08, 2020 9:30 am

ittroll wrote: ↑Mon Sep 07, 2020 9:40 pm

billion_fan wrote: ↑Mon Sep 07, 2020 9:51 am Attached is the DNS-O-Matic fix for the 8900 series (8900X-R3, 8900AX-1600R2 and 8900AX-2400)

I just tried Zcomax8900AX-R2_2.52.d4.afw on my 8900AX-1600 R2 and it says it is an illegal image.

Re-downloaded and tried again but got the same message.

I am currently running 2.52.d3

I seem to have the same issue let me check with our engineers (firmware removed for now)

Firmware for the Bipac 8900AX-1600 R2 is now attached.

That one installed OK and does indeed fix the DNS-O-Matic updates.

Many thanks to all involved in this fix.

ittroll wrote: ↑Thu Sep 10, 2020 10:52 pm That one installed OK and does indeed fix the DNS-O-Matic updates.

Many thanks to all involved in this fix.

Thanks for the update much appreciated

billion_fan wrote: ↑Fri Sep 11, 2020 9:17 am

ittroll wrote: ↑Thu Sep 10, 2020 10:52 pm That one installed OK and does indeed fix the DNS-O-Matic updates.

Many thanks to all involved in this fix.

Thanks for the update much appreciated

New firmware for Bipac 8900AX-2400 and Bipac 8900AX-1600R2 can be found on the link below (the above firmwares will not work with DNS-O-Matic)

http://www.forum.billion.uk.com/viewtop ... 6e8#p97571