Marcs Updater
There have been some reports about issues with the Updater not updating anymore. Please try the latest beta version and switch to another IP Check provider instead of the previous default dnsomatic.com. For some reason they are rate-limiting the number of requests to their service. The new IP Check provider selection allows you to choose another provider in such cases. You can test the functionality with the new "Test" panel.
If you want to add a custom provider to the unstable testing version, store a JSON file like the following under %PROGRAMDATA%\Marcs Updater\ServiceProviders\dyndns.json:
{
"name": "DynDNS.org (Test)",
"endpoint": "https://members.dyndns.org/nic/update",
"method": "GET",
"queryString": "hostname={HOSTNAME}&myip={MYIP}",
"dataPayload": "",
"defaults": {
"username": "test",
"password": "test",
"hostname": "test1.customtest.dyndns.org"
}
}Supported query and payload tags are {USERNAME}, {PASSWORD}, {HOSTNAME} and {MYIP}. Restart the background service and foreground application to apply any changes.
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Scott wrote:
I look in opendns "top domains" but never see any entries for myip.opendns.com. Marc's updater runs on a windows 2008 server as a service with all account logged off (it's at ctrl-alt-del screen). How does the update work? Does it send updates every 5 minute or check locally every 5 minutes and only update opendns when it detects a change to the ip.
Thank you in advance.
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Marc wrote:
It does check the IP through "https://myip.dnsomatic.com/" and only updates if the IP changed. It does use the HTTPS method, because the updates are also send through HTTPS connections and this is the IP that matters the most.