Marcs Updater - Discussion

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.

Discussion created on Dec. 30, 2010

Posted on Dec. 30, 2010 8:03 a.m.

Ds wrote:

Hi Marc....

Thanks a ton for this application.....Surely the best....

Just one question (though might sound silly at your level of expertise)....

Once i have installed and configured (it updated the Open DNS perfectly) the updater. Would i require the program to be launched everytime window starts....The service would automatically start and would be updating (presumming this)...

I am asking this becuase i am using Server 2008 hence it is not allowing the auto run of applications at startup hence the updater is required to be started by me everyday manually through admin login.

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Posted on Dec. 30, 2010 9:23 a.m.

Marc wrote:

Hello Ds, you don't need the systray process. The updater works fine as long as the system service is running. The systray process is just a way to inform you about what the updater service is doing. You can check if the systrem process is running by using the task manager or the service control panel (services.msc). It should work fine with Server 2008.

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