Re: [SLUG] getting ip of an ADSL box...

[Jason Rennie <jwrennie@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Hi, I want to get the ip address of a box that is connected to the net via
> ADSL (I want to be able to ssh on to it). What I think would be simple is
> to get it to email me whenever the ip changes (ifconfig |mail foo@bar)
> just wondering the best place to put this - does ADSL use auth-up? Does
> the ip only change if you lose the connection? Not sure how it uses pppd -
> I could set up a cron job but.... yuk!

I had this problem. Go to www.osd.org and sign up.

There client actually works to update ip address's (grab the 3rd part unix
one).

Then you get a nice domain to ssh to, and if you stick the program in a
cron job, or in the start up script of your ppp connection, then your
domain should remain accurate.

Also easier to remeber than an ip address.

Jason