IP Monitor Reviews

Everything that was promised works nicely in Windows 10. Alongside with GMail App Passwords, this app works great. I liked you can customize the URL for checking the IP (I prefer icanhazip.com and I was able to use it) to get email notifications. Great, thanks!

Giving the ability to run it as a service, makes it superb! When using Gmail, you must allow "access to less secure apps" via Gmail settings.

I have been using and older version that works fine however, version 0.5 will not pass arguments to a batch file. It will run a batch file if there are not arguments. I tried to suggested layout of an argument per line and the old way of everything on one line. Both cause an error. I could not find a way to contact the developer - a big minus!

Shall i get a Android version of the same. ?

Works perfectly. Until now i don´t learn to install in service mode under windows, but i´m sure i will do.

FANTASTIC! Send updated ip address to email! Personal cloud here I come! use smtp outgoing in your email provider's configuration for the program. Works like a charm. Check out their discussion forums for further help - main website and go to feedback on the left hand side

I'm using IP Monitor on Windows to update the data for a dynamic DNS host which only allows URL call updates. With some tricks you can get the service to update without a cmd window popping up: Execute the command "wscript <PathToFile>\update.vbs" The update.vbs looks like this: Set oShell = CreateObject ("Wscript.Shell") Dim strArgs strArgs = "<PathToWget>\wget -O out.txt <updateURL>" oShell.Run strArgs, 0, false There's a GnuWin32 build of wget on sourceforge. The parts in <> need to be modified. It would be cool to have a "visit URL" command, but with this you get the same result. Well thanks for eliminating all formatting.

I realize the rating is low, but it's as good as the weakest part of the chain. For whatever reason I cannot get it to send mail via my local mailserver, it just tells me to check the configuration, not what the actual error is. SO not being able to send mail makes it useless for me.

A good application. I use SSH secure login to access my desktop from anywhere through the internet. But my Dynamic IP address changes from time to time. When this happens I can no longer connect to my server. I set IP monitor to send email alerts using my ISP's SMTP server to send the alert. Use Gmail to receive the alert and see it on my android phone. This is useful if you don't want to set up a DNS service and domain.

Great little app, but a bit clunky. Would be nice if there were options to add it to Windows Startup and to minimise to the tray. As it is, I have 2 invasive task bar items that I just can't get rid of without closing the app.

Excellent.

This is a great tool. Does a specific task without clutter, easy to configure, portable even. I run an online ftp backup server from home having always used dyndns in the past, but since Dyn has decided no more free accounts I figured why not just use my normal domain name pointed to my FIOS IP that seldom ever changes. With this tool I'll be able to quickly update my godaddy DNS entry if it happens (if only there was a way to code that option!). The dev was exceptionally quick to answer a question, the email/visual/audio notification options are more than I need, running it as a service keeps it clean.

I really like this little program. It's exactly what I was looking for: small, lightweight, free. My issues were 1) I could not get it to use Gmail's servers to send. Luckily I own my own domain name and used the SMTP server for my hosting. 2) Can the program auto-start on windows start? 3) can the program be run and only shown in the taskbar? Thanks for writing this software! Everyone else wanted money, or me to sign up for an account. Both unacceptable. :-) (sorry for double post, created a SF account)