William Spencer wrote: > Hi there: I have installed Vine Server on my father-in-law's Mini twenty > miles away (running Leopard), and the Chicken of the VNC viewer here on > mine (running Tiger). Now: Since we are both Comcast subscribers, we > both have cable modems. With DHCP, how do I figure out what his IP > address is--doesn't it always change? And second, how do I ping his machine? > > My thanks in advance!
You can set him up with a dynamic DNS such as www.dyndns.com. This lets you access it at anytime using a domain name. Cable DNS usually has a very long lease time (6 months?) and when renewed it's usually the same. In other words you can just make note of it and not worry about it until it changes. Finally a simple trick is to have your FIL send you an e-mail. Buried inside is the IP address of his computer. If he has a router it will show the LAN address AND the real world address too. This must be done using a mail client running on his machine, not using a web browser. For example, in your posting is the line X-Originating-IP: 69.250.207.215 Which should be your Comcast IP address. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
