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Configuration, RRC 1258 / Re: Remoterig FREE Dynamic DNS service

« on: 2012-01-03, 00:14:26 »

Aha!  My problem was essentially the same a VK3OE's after all.

1.) The main problem was human error (courtesy me).
2.) Specifically, radio RRC-1258 was set to obtain IP settings via DHCP, but DSL modem--set as the DHCP server--was not given any DNS server IP addresses.  Modem supplied its own local IP address as DNS server instead.
3.) RRC-1258s don't like this.
4.) Curiously, Windows XP machines don't seem to care.
5.) The RRC-1258 dynamic DNS works after supplying the DSL modem DHCP server with my ISP's DNS IP addresses when 1258 is set to use DHCP.  Entering one of these DNS IPs directly into the 1258 "IP settings" page and not using DHCP works too.  (I now understand this to be what VK3OE means by "correct Dns server address".)

I do note that the user needs to observe carefully what the RRC-1258 web pages are telling him:

1.) The "IP settings" page does _not_ necessarily reflect all active settings if DHCP is enabled.
2.) The "Info" page reports the IP settings that are active.
3.) If no value is placed in the "DNS server" field of the "IP settings" page, the "Status" page will complain "No Dns Server configured" regardless if DHCP has supplied a valid DNS IP.  In this last case, the Dynamic DNS status can report OK and the dynamic DNS function indeed may work nonetheless.

Final aside:  Should the entire RRC-1258 administration website be username/password protected?  The home page, "Info" and "Status" can be view without being required to log in.  I don't know if clever hackers can cause trouble given the information revealed, but I'm not a clever hacker...

Thanks everyone for the clues,

Tom
AA0HQ
Yabesoog

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Configuration, RRC 1258 / Re: Remoterig FREE Dynamic DNS service

« on: 2011-12-31, 21:58:14 »

Jan,

Complete status page is below.

A few notes:
1.)  I have obtained a DYNDNS account and am using my DSL modem to update the global IP address.  This seems to be working fine for now, but of course I would like to able to use the radio RRC-1258 and ddns.remoterig.com eventually for maximum flexibility of radio QTH.
2.) The External IP address shown below is not accurate.  Check interval is set to "10".  Does this indicate the radio 1258 is unable to successfully query the global IP address?  Maybe for reasons related to the dns update troubles?
3.) Computers on the same Ethernet subnet as the radio 1258 and using identical gateway/dns settings can successfully ping ddns.remoterig.com.  (With luck this means I'm not simply battling my modem.)

Status
Name   Value
Radio   ON
Connection status   OK
SIP status   Connected/transfering
Last SIP error   None
RTP status   Excellent(60)
UDP cmd status   OK(45)
SIP command timeout   0
Rx Jitter buffer size   4
Rx Jitter delay   3
Dual Rx   0
Current audio packet size   20
Current audio quality   2 - Linear 16 bits 8 kHz
External IP   63.226.148.41
SIP Out port   41817
SIP In port   5060
Audio Out port   41675
Audio In port   11000
Command Out port   35326
Command In port   12000
External SIP In port   5060
External Audio In port   11000
External Cmd In port   12000
Other party   142.121.159.250
Input 1   High
Input 2   High
Output 0   Low
Output 1   Low
Output 2   Low
Dynamic DNS status   Unknown
Ping status (watchdog)   Off
DNS status   Querying status
Active profile:   Default
PTT status:   OFF

Thank you, (Happy New Year!)

Tom
Yabesoog
AA0HQ

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Configuration, RRC 1258 / Re: Remoterig FREE Dynamic DNS service

« on: 2011-12-30, 07:04:31 »

RRC 1258 MrkII "radio" DDNS problem

I am experiencing a problem reminiscent of VK3OE's.  I am encouraged when VK3OE writes, "It was very simple, put the correct Dns server address in the IP settings of the Radio unit and the radio unit will be able to contact the remoterig ddns server."  Apparently, I need instructions even simpler yet as I have been unable to determine what the "correct Dns server address" is.  Can somebody clarify this point please?

On the other hand...  Is this solved "simply" as above, or is this another problem entirely?  Just in case here's an extended telling of the saga: 

I recently purchased a pair of RRC-1258 MrkII boxes, and for the most part setup has gone smoothly.  The entire system works when using the known global internet numeric IP address of the radio 1258 entered manually in the control 1258 SIP contact field.  Emboldened, I activated the Dynamic DNS feature in the radio 1258 targeting remoterig's DDNS server as per instructions, and the self-generating parameters generated themselves as promised and clearly ddns.remoterig.com was notified of the global numeric IP address of the radio 1258 at that time as proven by pinging the given xxxxxxxx.ddns.remoterig.com URL.  Furthermore, the entire system worked immediately after replacing the numeric IP address in the control 1258 SIP field with the xxxxxxxx.ddns.remoterig.com URL.  Feelings of satisfaction were abundant.  But since then the global IP address, which has changed, has not been updated at remoterig's DDNS server, and xxxxxxxx.ddns.remoterig.com simply returns the initial IP address.  The radio 1258 does not appear to be willing to update its current global IP address with the ddns.remotrig.com server despite having a check interval value set _not_ equal to "off" (and despite having successfully done so once!)

Some system details:
   control 1258 s/n      : 3303
   radio 1258 s/n      : 3379
   firmware (both)      : v2.50
   target radio system   : Kenwood TS480

Thank you for any ideas on this matter,

Tom
AA0HQ
yabesoog