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 Jan. 8, 2018

Posted on Jan. 8, 2018 2:26 p.m.

Micheal wrote:

Hi Marc! Can you explain how the filter tabs work? I am hoping to have the updater ignore VPN connections if possible. Thanks!

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Posted on Jan. 8, 2018 8:19 p.m.

Marc wrote:

You can filter by DHCP / Gateway IP / Hostname, it should automatically fill in the text field with the current value if it was able to detect once. Therefore you can restrict it to updater only through some known networks.

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