Documentation
FAQ
Answers to common questions.
Address, access and account
- How do I find my public IP address?
- Open ip.hostux.net. For a script,
https://api4.nomadns.net/ipandhttps://api6.nomadns.net/ipreturn the address of each family. - My subdomain is “Served”, but my device cannot be reached.
- Nomadns only publishes the address. Your router must also forward the port to the device, and the firewall must allow it. Behind a CGNAT (IPv4 address shared by the provider), IPv4 is not reachable; use IPv6 if your connection provides one.
- My client always gets nochg.
- That is expected: the address has not changed and nothing is modified. A private address (192.168.x.x, 10.x.x.x…) is also ignored; the subdomain history shows it as “Address refused”.
- My client gets badauth.
- The identifier or secret is wrong, or the token was renewed or revoked. After 10 failures in 10 minutes, the IP address is blocked until the end of the window.
- Can I use my own domain?
- Yes, with a CNAME:
nas.example.org. CNAME home.nomadns.net.follows the address of home.nomadns.net. For a certificate, see challenge delegation on the Certificates page. - Can I have more subdomains?
- The default quota is 3. For more, write to Hostux through the contact page.
- Are wildcards (*.home.nomadns.net), MX or CNAME records possible?
- No: Nomadns publishes your subdomains’ A and AAAA records, and ACME challenge TXT records. A wildcard certificate is still possible with DNS-01.
- I lost a token’s secret.
- It is shown only once. Renew the token on the subdomain page, then put the new secret in the client.
- How do I delete my account?
- Write to Hostux through the contact page. The subdomains are deleted and stay reserved for you for 30 days.