On Dec 13, 2010, at 6:14 PM, Dan Shoop wrote: < A bunch of bull pucky from the basement of his parents home. >
Anyway last week I learned that MacOSX client has all of the software needed for running a VPN and found a tutorial that explained how to set the rascal up. It noted the problem with dynamic dns addresses and suggested several sites that can 'solve' the problem. I decided that I would reinvent the wheel using the hardware at hand. My external IP does not change very often so an instantaneous response was not necessary. My solution was simple and did not involve installing any background daemons and registering for another account somewhere else in the world. A one line crontab entry: 0 6-22/4 * * * snmpwalk -Ov -OQ -c public router ipAdEntAddr | mail -s "IP Address" [email protected] You can adjust the frequency of the mail to your paranoia level. The cronjob sends the list of ip addresses of my airport extreme base station to one of my mail accounts. It is perfectly clear which of the IPs is the external IP of the router. When the router ip changes a quick cut from the mail and paste on my off the local net devices will point the vpn client to the new address. Again the url of the tutorial for setting up the VPN: http://blog.theilluminatedengineer.com/?p=136 The comments offer additional clues. Task complete! Jerry _______________________________________________ MacOSX-admin mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-admin
