To me it would be simpler to use externhost instead of externip and then use a dynamic DNS service. It has worked flawlessly for me for many years.
Regards David. -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-boun...@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Raj Mathur (??? ?????) Sent: Tuesday, 7 February 2012 1:19 PM To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Script to automatically update externip. Useful for a host with dynamic public IP On Monday 06 Feb 2012, John Cahill wrote: > logger -s "checksetexternip.sh: External IP address > has changed, changing /etc/asterisk/sip_general_custom.conf" grep -v > "externip" /etc/asterisk/sip_general_custom.conf > > /etc/asterisk/sip_general_custom.conf.tmp echo "externip=$EXTERNIP" > >> /etc/asterisk/sip_general_custom.conf.tmp cp > /etc/asterisk/sip_general_custom.conf.tmp > /etc/asterisk/sip_general_custom.conf rm > /etc/asterisk/sip_general_custom.conf.tmp You could also do something like: sed -i -e "s/^externip *=.*/externip = $EXTERNIP/" /etc/asterisk/sip.conf Apologies for the wrapped code. Regards, -- Raj -- Raj Mathur || r...@kandalaya.org || GPG: http://otheronepercent.blogspot.com || http://kandalaya.org || CC68 It is the mind that moves || http://schizoid.in || D17F -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
