The Override method is mainly for use in a manual call of ddnssync where one wants to manually override (force) the IP address to use in the DNS update. You cannot use the override method within an INI file, it can only be invoked via the command line as follows: ddnssync -i 1.2.3.4 By invoking ddnssync with the -i option, you are forcing ddnssync to 'determine' your IP address as 1.2.3.4 and act accordingly. If the specified address is different than the last address detected by ddnssync then an update of your domain records will be performed using the address specified on the command line. If the specified address is the same as the last detected one then ddnssync will do whatever it would do depending on the service (in most cases nothing will be done if ddnssync determines your IP address hasn't changed).