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ThorroldFox has just released its first Android app! Convert Me is a simple and easy to use measure conversion tool for your Android device. It comes bundled with a wide selection of common units of measure organised into categories to make finding the conversion you need as easy as possible. You can add commonly used conversions to your list of fa....

This minor release adds support for configuring IP Monitor for local network adapter monitoring in headless mode as well as other minor improvements.
For more information on what else was included in this relase, see the IP Monitor software page.

Version 2.7 brings with it local network adapter monitoring. IP Monitor can now be configured to periodically check a particular network adapter on the system that it is running and send alerts or run actions when the adapter's IP address changes.
This feature is currently only configurable with the UI. An update will be coming soon to add support ....

This small update brings with it a few fixes to logging and to the UI. IP Monitor can now be configured to run without an action. This means IP Monitor can be setup to only send you alerts when it detects IP address changes.
For more information on what else was included in this release see the IP Monitor software page.

- ThorroldFox team

This release includes the option to run IP Monitor in headless/console mode!
You can now run & configure IP Monitor from a terminal in headless mode. This is especially useful if you wanted to run IP Monitor on your headless Linux servers that have Java 8+ installed. Check out our updated user guide for instructions on how use IP Monitor in this ne....

The latest version of IP Monitor corrects some minor UI issues and improves error handling for the HTTP Post action type.
See the IP Monitor software page for more information on what else was included in this release.

- ThorroldFox Team

This update brings with it the ability to specify custom JSON to send when IP Monitor performs a HTTP POST action when an IP change is detected. Take a look at our updated user guide on the software page for more information on how to set this and for more information about what is included in this update.

- ThorroldFox team

This minor update addresses some minor UI issues, improves errors logged to file and to the console and adds timestamps to log messages.

- ThorroldFox team

All ThorroldFox services had significant downtime from 10:34am UTC 9th February until 3:49pm UTC 10th February due to multiple hardware and power failures. As such, any emails sent directly to ThorroldFox Support will not have reached us, please re-send any messages if you have attempted to contact us to ensure we receive them.
Users of our IP Moni....

This version primarily reduces IP Monitor's eagerness to send out alerts for users with slow or unreliable connections.

Please see the changelog on the software page for more information on what has changed in this release.

- ThorroldFox team

This release includes a hotfix to address issues where IP Monitor would intermittently detect incorrect IP address changes.

See the changelog for information on the other minor updates also included in this release.

- ThorroldFox team

Version 2.4.3 is a minor release that adjusts the order in which endpoints are used to obtain external IP addresses. This will hopefully address issues some users were seeing when running IP Monitor in corprorate networks.

Please check the changelog on the software page for more details on the changes made in this release.

- ThorroldFox team

2.4.2 is a hotfix release to address an issue affecting users running Java 8. Also included in this update are further improvements to logging and a fix to address port numbers being ignored under certain conditions when IP Monitor is configured with the HTTP Post action.

- ThorroldFox team.

This minor update improves error logging when IP Monitor fails to obtain an IP address. Alerts will now contain all error messages that occurred during each attempt instead of just the first error it encountered.

See the changelog on the software page for more details.

- ThorroldFox team

The latest release of IP Monitor has been released and brings with it a new action type: HTTP post.
IP Monitor can now perform a HTTP post to an API or other custom endpoint when an IP change is detected. It will post JSON data that includes the previous and new IP address.

You can now use variables in arguments to pass the previous/new IP address....

This latest version fixes some issues with running IP Monitor on newer versions of Java.

See the changelog on the software page for more details.

- ThorroldFox team

Version 2.3.2 includes minor fixes and improvements and also adds the ability to send test alerts to test mail server configuration.

Check out the change log on the software page for more information.

- ThorroldFox team

Version 2.3.1 includes minor fixes and improvements to the way IP Monitor detects IP address changes.

Check out the change log on the software page for more information.

- ThorroldFox team

We are pleased to announce IP Monitor v2.3 has just been released.

This update brings with it Spanish translations, fixes to character corruption and many other improvements. Please see the change log on the software page for more details.


Thanks again for your continued support and suggestions. We are always looking for ways to improve our....

The next version of IP Monitor has been released!

This version brings with it Polish translations among many other improvements and fixes including:

- Add Polish language.
- Restructure translation basedata.
- Fix broken translations.
- Minor UI improvements.
- Improvements to the way failed detection attempts are handled.
- Fix interval....

This is a maintenance release to address the recent issues encountered with changes to some of the underlying configuration on the service IP Monitor uses to determine external IP addresses.

We recommended updating as soon as possible.


- ThorroldFox team.

We are experiencing some issues with one of the services IP Monitor uses to discover your external IP address which is causing incorrect IP addresses to be used. We will shortly be releasing a patch to address the issue.


We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

-ThorroldFox team

The next version of IP Monitor has been released!

This version brings with it French translations among many other improvements and fixes.

An important note with this release is that we have dropped support for Oracle Java 6. This means that you will need to ensure you have at least Java 7 installed to keep using and receiving updates for IP Monitor.

We thank everyone for their patience with this release.

- ThorroldFox Team

A few issues were uncovered during the testing phase of our release process which have unfortunately delayed the release of version 2.2. We anticipate the release date to be in the next few days.

We apologise for the delay.

- ThorroldFox team

IP Monitor v2.2. update is finally in its final week of testing before being released.

With the introduction on a fully implemented translation engine, the application is now available in French with many more languages to be added in future releases. Version 2.2 also includes fixes for many issues found in previous releases as well as improveme....

A crucial service upgrade will be performed on Wednesday, 22nd April starting at 8am for a few hours. The ThorroldFox website may be unavailable at times during this period.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.


- ThorroldFox Team

The next version if IP Monitor will bring with it many fixes and improvements. This update will also include a new translation engine which will allow the application to be available in multiple languages. To begin with we are adding French to the list of languages with plans to add others including: Portuguese, German, Spanish and Russian in the near future.


- ThorroldFox team.

An update to IP Monitor has been released.

The latest version is a maintenance release and brings many fixes and improvements. For a complete list of changes, see the 'Changes' tab on the IP Monitor software page.

To download the latest version, visit the 'Software' page.

- ThorroldFox team.

A fix for an issue introduced in v2.0 has been released.
This bug prevented users from configuring IP Monitor if no settings previously existed.

Our thanks go to one of our users who reported this issue and helped us identify and reproduce the problem.

- ThorroldFox team.

IP Monitor version 2.1 has just been released. This release brings SSL & TLS mail server authentication, ability to specify mail server using its hostname, along with performance and reliability improvements.

For a complete list of changes, see the 'Changes' tab on the IP Monitor software page. To download the latest version, please visit the 'Software' page.

- ThorroldFox team.

The next version of IP Monitor is under development and will bring SSL/TLS mail server authentication along with other behind the scenes tweaks and improvements.


- ThorroldFox team

The latest version of IP Monitor has been released.

The version 2 update brings many new features and improvements. The most notable of which include:

- A complete redesign of the Settings screen.
- Support for plain text mail server authentication.
- Ability to fine tune how IP Monitor detects IP changes (timeouts and retry attempts).
- N....

The next release of IP Monitor is in the final stages of testing. We are confident that the next version will be out and available for download at the end of this week!

We apologise for the delays with this release, we've rewritten a lot of the underlying, core application code to make it more robust and reliable along with many new features.

- ThorroldFox Team

Unfortunately issues identified during testing in the final week leading up to the planned release date for IP Monitor v2 has meant that we've had to push back the scheduled release date to mid-July.

We apologise for the delay and appreciate your patience.

At ThorroldFox, we strive to produce the highest quality software possible.
Please che....

With development going well, the next version of IP Monitor is set to be released on schedule.

Sporting many new features, and a settings UI re-design, this is sure to be a release that will make keeping track of IP changes a more easier and (if you choose) customisable experience.

Please see our previous news articles for an insight into som....

The next major release of IP Monitor is under way. With a rich feature set planned, this is sure to be an update that will give you even more flexibility and options to keep track of your IP address.

Some of the new features and updates will include:

- Redesign of the settings interface.

- Choose which email alerts you receive.

- Plain ....

ThorroldFox IP Monitor has been released and is now available from our new 'Software' page.

Our new IP Monitor application monitors a network's WAN/Internet IP address for changes and performs a user-defined action when events occur.

Features include:

- Ability to send an email alert when IP address events occur (e.g change in IP or failur....

ThorroldFox IP Monitor is the first piece of software to be announced by ThorroldFox.

IP Monitor monitors a network's WAN/Internet IP address for changes and performs a user-defined action when events occur.

Notable features will include:

- Ability to send an email alert when IP address events occur (e.g change in IP or failure to detect t....

It's taken some time, but the new ThorroldFox website is now complete!

This site will be the one-stop place for all the latest news and information about up-coming developments by ThorroldFox.


If you have any site feedback, please do let us know by filling out and sending us your thoughts using our 'Contact Us' page.


The ThorroldFox team.