putch

sometimes i'm on the road or at the office and i want to login to one of my computers at home. i've set up remote login and routinely log in if i need a file or to check on the progress of stuff. however, sometimes my cable modem's ip will reset ( ihave auto-renew turned on in my router's settings) and it'll change. i know my computer is still online, cause i see my home aim account is still online and can message it.

what i'd like is some program that i can contact and have it reply with my cable modems ip address. or some method.

i've tried messaging my home aim account and checking out netstat on my work computer. but that only gives me the ip of the aim servers.

i guess i could try setting a static ip, though i don't know if the folks at roadrunner (or I) would like that.

Howard2k

What about using a dynamic DNS service? Does your router look like it supports it?

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garryknight

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Originally posted by putch what i'd like is some program that i can contact and have it reply with my cable modems ip address. or some method.

What I'd be doing in your position is running a background daemon that checks the IP every 10 minutes or so and, if it changes, e-mails me with the new IP. Then if I'm surfing at some public AP and need to ssh into my box, I'd check my e-mail first.

This is reasonably easy to do in Linux, though. If you're running Windows, you could probably do the same thing using Perl or something like that.

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Darth Sparky

Try dyndns.org

They provide a free service and you run a client that checks for you and you are always at yoursite.dyndns.org

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