On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 03:59:47PM -0800, Carl Lowenstein wrote: > On 11/10/05, Lan Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 12:19:28PM -0800, Ralph Shumaker wrote: > > > Todd Walton wrote: > > > > > > >A simpler way of doing it (maybe) is simply to use her IP address. In > > > >this case you'd use a command like "ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED]", if > > > >69.239.117.25 were her IP address. The IP address will be different > > > >every time she gets online. A way to find out what it is is to have > > > >her go to http://whatismyip.com/ . Try it yourself right now. That > > > >tells you what IP address you are visiting the website from, i.e. that > > > >is your IP. When she goes to that website she'll see *her* IP. Then > > > >she can either call you and tell you it, or send you an email with it. > > > >(There's no security risk with sending it through the email.) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is there a way to have her computer automaticly send me an email if her > > > IP address has changed? I think it tends to *not* change very often > > > since she is on Cox. > > > > > > > I'm seeing a perl cron job that runs /sbin/ifconfig at intervals, parses > > the outside ethX card's IP addr, compares it to a addr stored in a file, > > and writes a new file and sends email if changed. > > Only works if your "outside ethX card" is part of the system on which > you run /sbin/ifconfig. If it is part of an external > router/NAT/firewall box, you can't get there from here. It's possible > to interact with the management software of the external box to find > out what IP address has been given to it by your cable modem, etc. I > once made a script that did that for my Linksys BEFW11S4. But letting > "whatismyip.com" do it for you seems easier. > > carl
Yup. -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
