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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Danny wrote:
When I run the DNS updater I noticed that it creates an icon in the system tray and also creates two processes in the task manager (one under the current user's name and the other under the system name).
Questions:
1. Is there a way to start the updater so that it is not shown in the system tray?
2. Can the updater be run so that it only creates a single process (system) in the task manager/
I want to use the updater for all users on a system, but I would rather that non-admin users not see the icon in the system tray or have the extra process running in the task manager. Is this possible?
Thanks,
=Danny.
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MarkhodgeNZ wrote:
Cool - one last question. I have three hostnames with my free DynDNS account, but this updater lists only one hostname to update. After a bit of testing I have now entered them as <hostname 1="">, <hostname 2="">, < hostname 3>. Will that work? I can't test because I got the warning message that I had updated too many times and if I updated again without an actual IP change I would be blocked.
Do you know how long the timeout is? (ie., after how many minutes can I recheck wtihout being blocked).
Cheers,
Mark
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Mark Hodge wrote:
DynDNS's free plans expire if you don't update or log in to their website every month, and the official client doesn't update unless your IP address changes. Since mine doesn't change I have to keep going to their website and manually logging ni once a month. Annoying! Does your client prevent this problem?
Cheers,
Mark
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Ernesto wrote:
Excuse me could release the code of this application?
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Marc wrote:
Released version 1.5.0.163
- Fixed wireless network filtering
- Added registry password encryption and renamed some other registry values
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Guest wrote:
Marc, nice work!, I run this as a service only with the system tray option disabled so there are no notifications.
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Marc wrote:
The next beta version of Marcs Updater is going to encrypt the password stored in the registry. You asked for it, you get it.
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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:
Released version 1.5.0.257
- Fixed IP comparison failing because of a new line at the end of previous IP.
- Fixed new IP being empty if there was no good result before a nochg.
Both fixes together solve the problem of too many updates without IP change.
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Marc wrote:
Released version 1.5.0.255
- Added Securepoint Dynamic DNS Service. [http://www.spdns.de/]