IP SLA not functioning correctly.

[karim.rahemat]

I have a router that is currently using DHCP to obtain its IP addressing, however I would like to have the router register its DHCP address on DNS so it is reachable by name.  I have seen examples of using the HTTP get within IP SLA, however I am not getting the results that I need.  Here is the configuration of the SLA monitor.

ip sla 1
http get http://freedns.afraid.org/dynamic/update.php?<key>
frequency 3600
ip sla schedule 1 life forever start-time now

The problem I am having is that the HTTP get executes a PHP script that updates the IP.  The problem is I am not able to add the question mark (?) within the command as IOS traps this as an error of some sort.  Is there a away of formulating the command in such a way to include the question mark so the PHP script will execute to update the DNS its recieved from DHCP.

Regards,

Karim

[s_oreilly · Accepted solution]

Hi Karim,

Cisco have an answer for this.  Enter the command and just before you get to the ?, press CTRL+V and then enter the question mark.  This will prevent the IOS seeing it as a request for help.

See the notes against step 8 here: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/12_3/12_3y/12_3ya8/gt_ddns.html#wp1203122

Regards,

Stuart.

[karim.rahemat]

Thank You!! That worked like a charm!!  after waiting for the update to occur, I looked at the SLA status and found no errors and a successful update on the DNS server.

Thanks

Karim