Is there a particular reason you chose not to use a dynamic dns service? For a $10 one
time donation to dynamicdns.org you can have up to 20 hostnames that will never
expire.. If you manage your DNS servers, all you would have to do is cname your
records to your dynamic host. They also support mx resolution if your running mail
servers.
Danny
On 17/Oct/2002 23:52:31, Peter wrote:
> Running cron on a stm page with RCEserverip might work, there is also a wwwstatus
>scalar that
> might work.
>
> Peter
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "P. Algerr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 14:38:43 -0700
> Subject: [sambar] Admin Problem {01}
>
> > I am the admin for several servers (running Sambar) scattered all over
> > the place. These servers are on "semi" dynamic IP's.. They change every
> > 6 months to 12 months.
> >
> > I would like to have each server check in with my server (or send me an
> > e-mail or something) reporting their current IP and the server's name
> > and location. In the event the IP has changed, I can make the proper
> > DNS changes even before my customer knows their server is down.
> >
> > I know there are programs like "Servers Alive" that uses your machine
> > to seek out and see if a particular server is up but since the servers
> > IP #'s change once in a while, this just doesn't work for me. I also
> > like the idea of the each server "reporting in" once a day.
> >
> > I've thought about writing a perl script that would reside on my server
> > and have each client access the script each day as a "Scheduled Task"
> > but when I try this approach, the browser window stays open on the
> > server. I'd kinda like to make this transpearent on my customer's
> > server..
> >
> > It seems to me that there should be a simple solution to this problem
> > but I can't seem to come up with it. Anyone have any ideas?
> >
> > Paul Alger
> >
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