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 Feb. 7, 2013

Posted on Feb. 7, 2013 4:13 a.m.

David H wrote:

Have you ever thought of writing this app as a 3rd party app for synology NAS? I am thinking about doing this as a little project and wanted to reach out to you. Let me know if you are interested. Thanks.

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Posted on Feb. 16, 2013 8:03 p.m.

Marc wrote:

No, I have not thought about it since I do not own such a NAS. You are welcome to go ahead with your own project.

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