[SLUG] monitor IP address
Hi I've changed ISP to iinet and I now have a dynamic IP. I use a router/adsl modem. Just brainstorming in case I've missed the obvious. I need to monitor my IP given to the router. Any ideas anyone please My first idea is to have the router log remotely, monitor the log, and surely there will be some IP and IP changed info. Thanks James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] monitor IP address
On 11 September 2010 14:44, james wrote: > Hi > I've changed ISP to iinet and I now have a dynamic IP. > I use a router/adsl modem. > Just brainstorming in case I've missed the obvious. I need to monitor my IP > given to the router. What do you need it for? Maybe the context will let us give more useful answers. > Any ideas anyone please > > My first idea is to have the router log remotely, monitor the log, and surely > there will be some IP and IP changed info. How about whatismyip.org? (as opposed to .com, which gives a larger and more complex page): $ wget -q -O - http://whatismyip.org/ 124.149.188.8 --Amos -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] monitor IP address
On Saturday 11 September 2010 13:20:18 you wrote: > wget -q -O - http://whatismyip.org/ Amos thanks, that is exactly what I was looking for. I want to be able to access my server with it's new dynamic IP Having opined recently that having a static IP made life much easier I need to admit that using noip was dead simple http://www.no-ip.com/ James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] monitor IP address
Amos Shapira writes: > On 11 September 2010 14:44, james wrote: >> I've changed ISP to iinet and I now have a dynamic IP. I use a router/adsl >> modem. Just brainstorming in case I've missed the obvious. I need to >> monitor my IP given to the router. > > What do you need it for? Maybe the context will let us give more useful > answers. *nod* FWIW, there are two reasons this usually comes up in my experience: the first is general interest, for which I would also recommend "whatismyip", or just logging in to the modem and letting it tell you. The second is running services, for which I highly recommend using any one of the dynamic DNS update services that pretty much every ADSL modem has a built-in client for these days. That way the modem can take care of all the hard work for you, and you just sit back and use the DNS name. (Don't run an SMTP server on a dynamic IP, though. It is a really bad and painful way to discover how much lost and misdirected email sucks, since I pretty much promise that the one time you are *depending* on that email getting through your IP changes and someone else with an SMTP server gets the address, then sends back a 5XX to your correspondent.) > >> My first idea is to have the router log remotely, monitor the log, and >> surely there will be some IP and IP changed info. > > How about whatismyip.org? (as opposed to .com, which gives a larger and more > complex page): I would just script getting it out of the modem, if the dynamic DNS option wasn't satisfactory. Much lower overhead, and zero cost to both you and the International transit links. :) Daniel -- ✣ Daniel Pittman✉ dan...@rimspace.net☎ +61 401 155 707 ♽ made with 100 percent post-consumer electrons -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] monitor IP address
On 11 September 2010 15:45, james wrote: > On Saturday 11 September 2010 13:20:18 you wrote: >> wget -q -O - http://whatismyip.org/ > > Amos thanks, that is exactly what I was looking for. > > I want to be able to access my server with it's new dynamic IP > Having opined recently that having a static IP made life much easier I need to > admit that using noip was dead simple > http://www.no-ip.com/ Yes, no-ip, dyndns and friends are very simple. Many modems also support them so they'll get registered automatically by the modem. Cheers, --Amos -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
