[X-Unix] finding the ip of my work machine (DHCP) on demand, file/dir sync'ing

[James Bucanek]

Rad Craig wrote on Friday, December 17, 2004:

>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.

Don't screw around with scripts and e-mail.  I've seen people try to roll their own solution to this, and you just end up losing time and hair.

Use <http://www.dyndns.org/>, or any similar service.  Register, set up your client, plug in your dyndns.org domain name at work, and forget about it.  I use this service for all of my clients.

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James Bucanek <mailto:privatereply at gloaming.com>