I'd try: curl http://www.myipaddress.com/ Then parse it out of that. HTH James. Woohoo! Long time lurker, first answer ;) On 25 Nov 2004, at 13:21, Mark Philip wrote: > On Nov 25, 2004, at PM 05:23, Kuestner, Bjoern wrote: >>> I'm in a wireless LAN and want to get the global (external) IP >>> address >>> of my wireless router. >> >> www.whatismyip.com >> > OK. That's great, thanks. > But is there a way to do it via the command line and not via the web? > Thanks in advance... > -- > Best, > Mark. > > _______________________________________________ > X-Unix mailing list > X-Unix at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x-unix > >