On Monday 07 March 2005 15:59, David Powell wrote: > My setup at home is similar (though I've got linux desktops) and I I've > tried to get the IP address that the modem is assigned, but the only way > I've been able to is by visiting internet sites (like shields up) that > report that info back. The best way to accomplish this is to set up a dynamic dns account (e.g., one at http://dyndns.com). Then, install one of the clients (apt-cache search dyndns); there are also Windows clients. I have a script that does the following: *Checks for a change in IP address at an interval (via ipconfig or the Internet). *Updates the dyndns account only if the address has changed. *Emails someone with a date-stamped log of address changes Adding support to send the address to a web page via ftp is also possible. Attached: the scripts Also available at: http://dwdraw.homeunix.org/bin/postip.tar.gz
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