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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Eblanchard wrote:
Simply does not work. Installed it and tried logged in using credentials for OpenDNS. Says login error, no matching user id and password. Could this have something to do with multiple dynamic DNS's associated with my single openDNS account?
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Marc wrote:
Yes, you need to enter the hostname (in this case the label) of the network in the hostname box on the settings tab. The authentification also does not work with some special characters. This is a limitation of the HTTP Basic Authentification used by all dynamic IP services. Please check if your password contains one of the following characters:
"(" | ")" | "<" | ">" | "@" | "," | ";" | ":" | "\" | <"> | "/" | "[" | "]" | "?" | "=" | "{" | "}"
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Eblanchard wrote:
I am being blocked by special characters. I will fix this tonight. Thank you.