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I'm having two issues with global dynamic hostnames and wide area bonjour. The first is that, as best as I can tell, http://update.dyndns.com does not accept updates to AAAA records at this time. I have only been able to get my Mac to register its hostname if I disable IPv6 support. The second issue I'm seeing is that wide area bonjour just doesn't work. If I enable it the hostname no longer registers, and the services come back failing with error 65537 and format errors. |
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I'm not sure what you mean when you write "If I enable it the hostname no longer registers". Regardless, as support for WAB is limited and server side logs aren't available, it may be more effective to setup your own DNS server or find another service that offers better support for DNS Update (RFC 2136). Alternatively, you could use a packet sniffer to determine what updates are being sent, replicate those updates (and presumably failures or discrepancies) with |
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Generally, Dyn currently do not support automatic updates of IPv6 addresses (AAAA records). These are anyway almost static, so no need to update them automatically. Also, did you read through this KB article? |
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Exactly Bonjour is about registring SERVICES, which do change, AAAA records need to be present to indicate the presence of the service. |
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Yes, I followed the directions in the KB article, that's how I got things setup in the first place. As for the IPv6 addresses not needing to be updated automatically, that's not entirely true anymore. First, Mac OS X 10.7 (maybe earlier versions) does try to create the AAAA record if IPv6 is on (and there's no way to disable it through the GUI). The AAAA record creation fails, preventing the A record from being created as well. Second, a lot of ISPs are planning on rolling out /64 IPv6 blocks to home users in the next year. I imagine these addresses will change as frequently as the IPv4 address changes. There should be no technical reason for IPv6 allocations to change regularly. If any ISP does that it will be because of a deliberate choice by them.
Jan 25 at 09:58 PM
Cry Havok ♦
Okay, that's really not important. The lack of support is preventing Macs with ipv6 enabled from registering their IPv4 addresses. Whether or not there's a reason for an IPv6 address to change isn't relevant.
Jan 26 at 12:07 AM
mattstocum
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