Set up Namecheap.com DDNS in Synology DSM
Today’s article is about how to update DNS entries for domains from Namecheap.com via the Synology DSM function DDNS (Dynamic DNS). Since Namecheap.com is neither available as a provider in Synology DSM, nor do the formerly common intermediary services work, this is only possible with a small workaround. And this is exactly what I would like to show you today.
You need the following things for today’s tutorial:
A domain at Namecheap.comA Synology NAS (or a custom NAS with XPEnology)A webserver with PHP support
In the next paragraph we will outline the actual problem again in detail. If you are only interested in the solution, you can skip the following paragraph…
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