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What utility to post my gateway's IP?



I am using a D-Link router as the gateway between my cable modem and
my home network.  If I want to remotely access my Woody computer, I
need to know the address assigned the gateway by the ISP's DHCP
server.  I could then configure an open port in the gateway router so
I could access the server.

Long ago, when I was using SLIP and PPP dialup, I used a Windoze
utility to post the IP on a server using FTP.  I could then look at
this file on the server to see what the current IP was, thus accessing
my home computer remotely.

How does one do this using Debian?  I gather I would invoke a process
from cron, but what utility does this?

Dave



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