CLI does not re-register linked IP when ISP changes public IP silently
Subject: CLI does not re-register linked IP when ISP changes public IP silently
Hi NextDNS team,
I'm using the NextDNS CLI (v1.47.2) on an ASUS GT-AX6000 router running AsusWRT-Merlin firmware. My ISP is DIGI (Spain) and I have a dynamic public IP.
The problem:
When I restart the router, the CLI registers the new IP correctly and everything works. However, when the ISP changes my public IP silently (without any WAN disconnection/reconnection), the CLI keeps running but does not re-register the new IP with NextDNS servers. As a result, the linked IP in my NextDNS profile becomes outdated and DNS filtering stops working for all devices on my network.
Setup details:
- Device: ASUS GT-AX6000
- Firmware: AsusWRT-Merlin 3006.102.7_2
- NextDNS CLI version: 1.47.2
- ISP: DIGI Spain (dynamic IP)
- Config: listen localhost:53, setup-router true, report-client-info true
What I have tried:
- nextdns restart — does not re-register the IP
- nextdns stop + start — does not re-register the IP reliably
- nextdns set — shows the help menu, unclear if it works
- A cron job every 10 minutes using nvram get wan0_ipaddr to detect IP changes and restart the CLI
- Forcing DDNS update with service restart_ddns so NextDNS can resolve the updated domain
The core issue seems to be that when the ISP changes the IP without a WAN reconnection event, the CLI has no mechanism to detect this and re-register the new IP with NextDNS servers.
Is there a reliable command or configuration option to force the CLI to re-register the linked IP? Or is this something that could be addressed in a future release?
Thank you.
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Cli doesn't need to register or re-register the linked IP and also doesn't have anything to do with the DDNS at all. The CLI works with DoH which doesn't care at all about your IP. Once you use encrypted DNS (DoH, DoQ or DoT) or even DNS v6, linked IP and DDNS are irrelevant. If you installed and configured correctly the CLI you should see the traffic in logs marked with the padlock and DNS-over-HTTP.
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