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 Nov. 6, 2011

Posted on Nov. 6, 2011 10:11 p.m.

Marc wrote:

Released version 1.5.0.257
- Fixed IP comparison failing because of a new line at the end of previous IP.
- Fixed new IP being empty if there was no good result before a nochg.

Both fixes together solve the problem of too many updates without IP change.

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Posted on Nov. 7, 2011 8:23 p.m.

tayiper wrote:

I wasn't affected by that problem, but anyway, it's good to know that! I am just reporting that the update went smoothly this time too.

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