Re: keeping track of current ip address? File/Directory Sync'ing

[Tim Collier]

One solution that I've found that works fairly well, but this is not 
really what you are asking, is to use the iDisk that comes with a .Mac 
account.  You can access your iDisk from ANYWHERE from a Mac or PC.  
Having those files uploaded to your iDisk makes them accessible from 
anywhere at any time.
What you're asking about though can be done with some of the IP 
forwarding thingies available from various companies that basically 
will point to your current IP address even if it changes.  I don't know 
much about that sort of thing.  I am doubtful about how secure they are 
and have never tried it.  But, I can vouch for iDisk!
It's great along with all of the things that you get with a .Mac 
account, it's well worth the $99/year.
Tim

On Dec 16, 2004, at 8:50 PM, Rad Craig wrote:
First, is there an OSX mailing list?
Now, the real question.  I want to run Apple Remote Desktop.  I have a 
computer at work and need to access it from home.  It has a DSL 
connection using DHCP.  Therefore, my ip address changes occasionally.

Is there any script, utility, app, whatever, that allows me to find 
out what the current ip address of that machine is?  I mean something 
that sends me an email when the ip address changes, uploads a text 
file with the ip address in it to a website, or some other means, so 
that when I need to connect to it from home, I can go one place, find 
the current ip address, then put that in ARD and connect.

I want to be able to do the same thing from work (connect to this 
laptop at home which also has DSL/DHCP).  If this laptop is asleep, is 
there any way to connect to it via ARD?  Or does it have to be open 
and running?  Can ARD wake it up while it's closed?

Also, whats the best way to keep some directories synchronized between 
these two machines?  I have price lists, tech docs, spreadsheets, word 
docs, etc. that I may modify at either location, I need a way to keep 
them up to date on both machines.

Rad...
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