On Aug 4, 8:48 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Scondo) wrote: > On Saturday 04 August 2007 04:47, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > I'm sorry. I wasnt clear in my first post. A situation arises when my > > router gets restarted, the internal ip addresses of the computers in > > my home (192.168.1.100 and the like) are shifted around. Normally I > > have the router forward some ports to one of my computers for a few > > services that I like to have, like an ftp server. > > > What I want to do is create a perl script that runs in cron that will > > make sure my router is forwarding the ports I want it to. But the > > thing is, the only interface I know of for doing such things is the > > web interface to my router. It needs the mouse to select checkboxes > > and fill in textboxes. It would be great if I can script this action > > to run on a regular basis especially since Im not always home when the > > ips get switched around. > > > Thanks > > Hi, > this would be possible without too many trouble. > > just get the html of your router's webinterface and grep the lines where you > can see if the settings are right. > If not, submit a cgi request to your router, where you set the correct > settings. > > Perhaps you'd like to read something about cgi before. > > However, I'd guess you could also assign a static IP to your pc. > > Michael
I Like this method. I just have to figure out how to POST my data to it correctly. Thanks -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
