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 Dec. 1, 2021

Posted on Dec. 1, 2021 12:42 a.m.

John wrote:

Hi there. Thanks for providing this great piece of software. I only have one computer that is always on, and it is always on a local VPN. I want the Updater to share the actual ISP provided router dynamic IP address, not the VPN IP address on this local computer. I have read this is possible using Local Network filtering but am not sure how to set it up. I have put the router IP in local network filtering (192.168.1.1) but the IP address that is updating to No-IP is still the VPN IP, not the router external IP. I just wanted to check if this is possible simply with a setting in the Updater, or if more work is required elsewhere?

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