Dynamic DNS Clients

To make DNS Made Easy even easier we are making an IP update available by passing the parameters to a HTTP or HTTPS request.

There are currently many free clients on the Internet that detect your IP and allow you to pass the necessary arguments in the URL. If you would like to develop a client and notify us we will list your product and URL on this page. Please email support@dnsmadeeasy.com to receive a full listing of the possible error codes returned.

The current clients which have been developed by DNS Made Easy users are the following:

UNIX / Linux
- DME Update by Johan Sandberg
- PHP Script by Cameron Just
- Netgear RT31* DSL/cable routers by Jonathan Loran
- shell program to update your IP (this is not a preferred client, but an example to see how easy it is to send the request)

Java / Cross Platform (UNIX / Linux/ Windows, Mac, etc.)
- Jip

Windows
- Dynamic Wan IP Download
- Batch Update Script for Windows
- Direct Update
- DynSite for Windows
- 3DWatch by EUROCOMP
- IP Update script

If you are intersted in making your hardware or software compatible with DNS Made Easy please see our technical specification page.

A good client will only send the IP update request when the IP changes. This limits your web traffic.

The necessary arguments you need to pass in the URL are:

username

The username you use to log into DNS Made Easy.

password

Your password you use to log into DNS Made Easy.

id

The unique ID for your record.

ip

Your new ip for your record.

NOTE: In your "Advanced DNS Settings" you can turn on an option to set a password per record so you do not have to use your main DNS Made Easy password / username. You can enter the record name for the "username" if you are using the special per-record password.

The template URL to send to DNS Made Easy to update an A record is:

http://www.dnsmadeeasy.com/servlet/updateip?username=<username>&password=<password>&id=<id>&ip=<your new ip>

DNS Made Easy also supports SSL transactions. You can use this extra security by switching to HTTPS:

https://www.dnsmadeeasy.com/servlet/updateip?username=<username>&password=<password>&id=<id>&ip=<your new ip>