On Sat, 26 Jan 2008, Joshua Lutes wrote: > Thanks guys. I am thinking that maybe I could make a python script that > would store my ip address in a system variable and then every hour go to > www.whatismyip.com and compare it with the actual ip address. If it changed > it would store it as the new system variable and then email me what the new > ip address is. I haven't really written a script before so that would be > kind of fun to try to do. Or I could use DynDNS. That seems viable.
In the event that you want to go the DynDNS route rather than growing your own, there's a python script I've used before that updates with DynDNS:: http://ipcheck.sourceforge.net/ You could also take a look at the source for ipcheck for inspiration. ~ Ross -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
