@Diver15 I could not solve it, sorry. I am pretty sure by now that the issue is that the root domain for tplinkdns.com doesn't have the mandatory NS and SOA records. I've contacted tplink over this,...

@Kevin_Z My DNS servers are already Google’s. I can update my .tplinkdns.com hostname just fine. It updates, pings, and it’s accessible, by IP or by DNS. I’m not reporting an issue with my network or...

See below: $ time host elilla.tplinkdns.com elilla.tplinkdns.com has address 94.220.93.30 ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached...