On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 11:04:29AM -0700, Joshua Penix wrote: > Lan Barnes wrote: > > >Cox (rhymes with "Cox") has been spontaneously switching my home IP > >address recently. It locks me out to ssh. > > > >I want to use expect and lynx to write a script that logs into the > >D-Link router as a browser does, navigates to the place where the WAN IP > >address is shown, reads it, and sends me an email at work if it's > >changed. > > This isn't an answer to your lynx question (to that I'd say that cURL > may be the best way to script what you want), but I'll recommend another > solution to this problem - sign up for a DynDNS service. I use and > recommend http://www.dyndns.com/services/dns/dyndns/ > > They will provide a free DNS name for your home connection. You then > install a small software client > (http://www.dyndns.com/support/clients/unix.html) which sends any IP > changes to the DynDNS servers, which then in turn change the IP that > your DNS name points to. You may even find that the D-Link router has a > built-in DynDNS client. I know that some Linksys routers do, as do > firewall OSes like m0n0wall. > > Then from work, you'll always be able to refer to a name like > 'lanbarnes.homeip.net', which will magically always point to the correct > IP no matter how hard Cox tries to screw you up. >
Thanks, Josh. I'll go that route ... maybe, if I can understand it. Need to do research, but you've given me all I need to start. -- Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 Tcl/Tk Enthusiast -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
