Request: Dynamic DNS Support

I agree, this is an absolutely necessary feature.  

Hi  trilidar  and  adachan —

Thanks for your feature request and welcome to the eero community! 

Use cases are always helpful, so we greatly appreciate you taking the time to provide one. If there are any updates to this request, I'll make updates to the thread. Thanks again!

+1 this is a valuable feature. 

+1 Please make this happen.

+1 for this feature. All your competitors do 

I currently use a FreeNAS to store my files and access them remotely.  The system has built in features for linking to dynamic DNS services, however if there is an issue with the server and the update does not occur, I have no way to troubleshoot remotely.  Moving this functionality to the Eero would allow me to troubleshoot remotely using the Eero app and the service website.

Please add to the development timeline if possible. FYI, I use no-ip.com and have used duckdns in the past, would recommend starting with the free services when working on integrations.

Guy to add to mine; I use it for wake on lan. 

+1

I use OpenHAB to control my home automation and the app on my phone, so getting back to my public IP address is very much needed.

SIgning this petition!

Brand new eero purchaser and user. The use case for dynamic dns for me is simple - predictable ssh and vpn access for my mac mini at home.

I use xfinity (comcast?) as my provider; forwarding 22 and l2tp VPN ports to my mini works great! I manually update my A record for a domain with my registrar for the time being, and frankly my IP doesn't change often. It would be HUGELY convenient, however, for eero to be able to check once/day and update the A record if it changes. This is something users would greatly appreciate on top of an excellent product!

Please.

Yes DDNS is a must have.

I use a DDNS service for remote viewing of my IP cams in my house and business. 

Currently, NO-IP. 

However, I am currently blinded to half those cameras because I chose to deploy eero (the other location is on an old Airport system that has had DDNS support for years). 

Please add this feature set as it has been requested extensively in the forums. 

Absolutely needed. I'm surprised it doesn't already have it. I need this yesterday in order to login remotely to my PC from work. Currently using noip.com

Wake up EERO ! DDNS is a much needed feature if want to replace other routers and help us to exit "brdge" mode.

Need Dynamic DNS support for top dynamic dns services (e.g., DynDNS, No-IP, etc) .  I use it for external monitoring of webcams and my kids use it for running game servers. My older router/modem combo from my cable company had this feature for years. After moving to Eero and putting old router in bridge mode the feature got disabled on my old router. This is now considered a basic/core feature of all modern routers. Please implement. The workaround is to keep some machine running 24/7 on home network with a DynDNS app running all the time. Naturally I'd prefer for this functionality to live in the Eero gateway router where it really belongs.

rlopin said:
What I have realized is an even bigger hassle is not having support for NAT loop back.

 I think we are all in the same boat on this one.  It is super annoying to check security cameras this way.  

+1.  Would love to have this, no-ip support would be great.

It says the status of this request is "UNDER CONSTRUCTION".  I would assume that means it's actively being developed.  Any idea how long this feature has been in development?

I recently purchased my first Eero wifi system and I do love it.

However, I was also a bit disappointed that there's no Dynamic DNS option. I believed Dynamic DNS is a very standard feature for all router already. I need to access my home machine / devices from work a lot and dynamic DNS is very important to me. I can sure use other alternative way such as install some application on a pc to update IP or even just do that manually once a while. However, the point is, such a standard feature shall be includes in such a new and advance piece of equipment.

So Eero team, please apply Dynamic DNS to eero system and make the system from a better home wifi system to "best" home wifi system.

Ben

I'd like to add a "me too" to this thread. Use cases:

As an existing Eero Plus subscriber that manages his own domain and possesses the knowledge to setup appropriate DNS settings, I'd like an easy way to access my home computer and pull files from it while I am on the road.

As an existing Eero subscriber that manages his own domain and possesses the knowledge to setup appropriate DNS settings, I would like to be able to access my home automation system while I am away from my house.

Please do not feel compelled to create your own DDNS service. I don't need you to create a <myEeroAccount>.eero.com redirect service. Instead, just support dyndns2 protocol and let those of us that know what we're doing configure away.

Last bit: I think it is absolutely appropriate for this functionality to be buried in the Advanced configuration area of your app. I fully appreciate the majority of your customers will not need this functionality. However, those of us that wish to have a great mesh network (which I think eero does an outstanding job delivering) also have "power user" needs as well. Remember, we're the cohort that has our friends and family members asking us for recommendations. For us to do so, we need the product to do what we need it to do before we tell others we like it -- even if they are never (in this case) going to ever need/use DDNS.

Thanks for the consideration...

Me too!

heartbreaking to not see such a run-of-the-mill feature built in while Eero is pushing the subscription service so hard. 

These arent inexpensive units. I’ve been pleased with the hardware and my network performance but I’m sure missing some of the low hanging fruit features that are basically industry standard features. 

Very disappointed that these basic features are not supported.  I'm still on my 30 day return period and even though overall I really like the Eero my choices are 1.  Use Eero as an AP only (keep using OPNSense or a dedicated router as my FW/IDS/gateway).  2.  convert my OPNSense box into a bridge only install and run it as another firewall layer and additional services (like DDNS which work brilliantly on OPNSense), 3. Return Eero and get a pure AP like Ubiquity.