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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Chris Marschall wrote:
Marc, Can you answer the below question please?
The Marcs Updater logs IP changes to the registry at:
HKLM\Software\Marcs Updater\Service\Log.
Cannot tell if there is a max entry or not. If not, this could cause the
registry size to increase and get out of hand over time.
Is there a MAX Entry limit for IP addresses in the registry, or will this keep filling up? Thanks for your help!
Chris
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Marc wrote:
You are right, as of now there is no max limit. I just forgot to implement it, because I never wanted to use the registry as a long term solution. The log destination will probably change to a file soon.
I am currently preparing the release of another update.
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Marc wrote:
I just finished the implementation to use the Windows Event Log instead of the registry or a custom file. This allows a filtering and clearing of the logs using the Event Log Viewer. And windows will manage the maximum log size for me.
The version will probably be released either today or this weekend.