The second beta release of the Windows 3.0.1 b Dynamic Update Client (DUC) is now available. We’ve fixed a few issues with the first beta.

Bug Fixes/ Features Include:

• Windows Service in XP
• NAT WAN IP discovery issues
• Mouseover tray icon for current IP
• few minor fixes

This new version can be downloaded on our Windows Beta download page.

Disclaimer: Should you encounter any bugs, glitches, lack of functionality or
other problems with the client, please let us know immediately so we
can rectify these accordingly. Your help in this regard is greatly
appreciated.

The new Windows DUC (Dynamic Update Client) is almost ready. We’d like to invite anyone interested in trying out the beta to download it and give it a whirl. Please let us know what you think about it and if there is anything you can think of or if you run into any bugs please let us know. You can email beta@no-ip.com if you would like to comment.

Some of the new features of the Windows DUC include:

• Modern Interface, bye bye to the smileys 🙂
• Client Tracking – A new feature coming to the site (although the web interface is not available just yet) giving some control to the client from our website, great for users managing multiple update clients.
• Secure key based authentication, no passwords will be stored on the end user computer
• Notifications of expiring services
• DNS based IP check, less overhead when polling for your current WAN IP address

Download version 3.0.0b today!

Take it for a spin and let us know what you think!

We have released version 3.1.3b2 of our Mac update client. The previous version had included the incorrect binary for the daemon mode. This would have effected Intel based systems prior to Snow Leopard vs 10.6.

Please download the new version if you are using this beta.

This has been tested and confirmed working back to Tiger 10.4.5.

Again, we welcome any comments regarding the MAC update client.

Yes, it’s been a while since we’ve touched on the No-IP Mac OSX client. You can grab a copy of the beta over at http://www.no-ip.com/downloads.php?page=mac .

This version mainly focuses on bug fixes regarding newer versions of OS X such as Snow Leapord.

Changes to the Mac OSX Client:

• Improved Daemon Functionality
• Standardized Drag and Drop Installer
• Utilizes New Logos
• And More

Let us know if you run into any issues. We will also be re-writing the Mac Client from the ground up in the near future. If you have any feature requests let us know as we are in the planning stages for the next version 3.2.

Want to use a third party update client that restricts the length of your current No-IP account email address? Perhaps you just want a shorter username to login to the website with? Yes it’s about time, we’ve gone Web 1.0 and introduced No-IP account usernames in addition to email address based logins.

Many users have requested this feature. Some hardware vendors that have embedded our dynamic dns services into their product have hard coded a fixed length of characters for the username field. Some third party vendors that have been brought to our attention seem to cut them off at about 16. Many email addresses are longer than this, so we just want to give our users the option.

Create your username today! You’ll also be prompted when to create one when you first login if you don’t have one assigned to your account.

No-IP now supports the creation and setup of IPv6 (AAAA) records via the web interface. This is a feature available to our Plus Managed DNS users that have already received IPv6 records from their ISP or bandwidth provider. Please note that IPv6 is not yet supported by our software update clients.

IPv6 is the internet protocol version 6 that is set to replace the current version 4 sometime in the next upcoming years. IPv6 was introduced in 1998 and as of 2008 is being used by about 1% of the internet addressable devices in the world.

For more information on IPv6 records please take a look at this article.

Linux Journal has posted a video of the day showing how to setup No-IP under Ubuntu. Take a look and give it a digg while you’re at it.

Getting a Domain Name on a Dynamic Address with No-IP

No-IP’s Windows 2.1 update client has broken the 8 million download mark. A big thanks you to all of our loyal customers.

The No-IP dynamic dns update client (DUC) is the application that you run on the computer or server that you are trying to access remotely. The DUC will check your current IP address and notify No-IP to update your host names when a change occurs.

Windows DUC at Download.com