It would really help to have an option to update the dynamic DNS directly from the eblocker. Maybe it could be done through crontab periodically.
It should be done because there are routers with a very buggy implementation of DDNS - and an realization on the eblocker would be really easy to do.
Thank you.
@homeblock Thanks for your feature request.
Just my 2cents: the router maintains the external IP addresses and knows when they are changing. That's why 100% of the routers, I'm aware of, are supporting DDNS services.
For a device on the internal home network (like the eBlocker) an external call (to some internet service) is necessary to get the external IP addresses of the home network. This call needs to be made very frequently - adding to overall traffic - not to miss a change.
Implementing such a feature for eBlocker involves a server component (that needs to be up 24x7) with continuous maintenance(!) and a component in eBlockerOS. The eBlockerOS component needs a front-end to configure DDNS, a backend to store DDNS password securely and the mentioned calling component plus the business logic.
Of course this can all be implemented! But honestly I feel eBlocker is not the right place for this. It's a clear router feature. And it's already implemented there for a reason.
For the buggy DDNS with your particular router I'd suggest to look for a solution with the router's manufacturer or just get a different router that works.
But that's only my opinion.
Nevertheless, if you feel a bug in your router should be fixed by eBlockerOS, you are invited to move forward and implement the feature or motivate a talented developer to do so... It's all open source. 👍
THX!