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 Oct. 28, 2020

Posted on Oct. 28, 2020 3:22 p.m.

isalev wrote:

I have someone using a web filter which routes traffic through a proxy, so the HTTP/HTTPS IPs show up as the proxy server IP address, but I need to have the updater use the real IP address, which does show up on the Test tab under "DNS A IP (IPv4)".

Is there any way to add an option/dropdown to have it use/send that DNS IP update address for the hostname, instead of using the HTTP/HTTPS IP address?

Thanks a lot!

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