Dynamic DNS fails

[Volker Wysk]

Am Mittwoch, den 24.03.2021, 08:41 +0000 schrieb Colin Law:
> On Wed, 24 Mar 2021 at 06:53, Volker Wysk <post at volker-wysk.de> wrote:
> > ...
> > The network settings are there, but there is no IPv4 tab, and no DNS config
> > setting. It's an Ubuntu 20.04 desktop system. Maybe this was introduced only
> > later.
> 
> It has been there as long as I can remember, many years.  Open
> Settings and if you are using a wired connection then select Network,
> if WiFi  then select W-Fi.  Then select the cog alongside the
> connection you are using.  You should then see a dialog with tabs
> Detail, Identity, IPv4, IPV6 and Security.

I've found it. It was hidden behind that small gearwheel icon in Settings ->
Network.

I guess "cog" means gearwheel. Haven't found it in my dictionary.

> You should not mess with the underlying files such as resolved.conf.
> Many of those are no longer used and for the ones that are if you
> change them behind Network Managers back things can go wrong.  

Okay.

> If you
> don't want to use the GUI then use nmcli.

GUI is fine.

My IP has changed over night now, and both my old and my new dyndns domain
names work fine, for the moment.

Cheers,
Volker
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