Namecheap FreeDNS PS update tasks not working anymore
Hi Mike,
I used your Powershell script to create the tasks to update DNS with Namecheap FreeDNS and since a few weeks, it doesn’t seem to update anymore. When my IP changes, I now have to manually execute the task to update DNS. I tried to delete the tasks and use your script to create them again, but I didn’t solve the issue. Is it a known issue?
Thanks in advance for your very appreciated support :- D …
- mikmik_16 asked 2 days ago
- last edited 22 hours ago
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Those FreeDNS tasks are still working just fine for me here, and to date, no one else has mentioned an issue with them. Probably the best thing for you to do would be to open the Task Scheduler applet on your Essentials server, go to Task Scheduler Library\Microsoft\Windows\PowerShell\ScheduledJobs, take a look at the “RunFreeDnsUpdate” and “StartFreeDnsJob” tasks and make sure that everything looks as expected (i.e., the Triggers, Actions, etc.). Looking at the task’s History may also prove to be helpful for you as well.
Otherwise, you can try using the Duck DNS script instead (I actually have both of them running on my main Essentials server – just for the heck of it).
EDIT: BTW, you can also open the Event Viewer applet on your Essentials server and take a look at the Windows Logs\Application log and filter it on the event source named “FreeDNS Updater” just to see if any errors or warnings are getting logged.
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