whoami pc app for dhcp accounts

[high_revs]

is there an app that can email you daily what your isp provided ip#? when i go on trips, i'll sometimes want to connect to my nas or remote desktop control a machine to do something. but not worth the trouble of switching to static ip and then back to dhcp due to charge.

wondering if there is a whoami app that can email me my current IP# so i can tunnel to my router?

can't seem to find any on the interweb but i did find something like this for mac. wonder if ddwrt has a function for this or if somone has a script i can leverage.

http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=2011021108383842

[kg6hum]

Try DynDNS Free. I used it many years ago and it worked well. They have client programs that monitor for changes in your IP. Some routers even have built in support for it. Here is their website: http://dyn.com/dns/dyndns-free/

[dotalchemy]

dd-wrt does indeed have DynDNS support.

It works pretty good.

[Nose Nuggets]

i use a free dns provider as well so i can RDP into my home computer. works well.

[high_revs]

dd-wrt does indeed have DynDNS support.

It works pretty good.

i thought i saw that somewhere when i was flipping thru the screens.

do i have to create scripts? will fiddle with it later. make sure i back up the settings first.

i use a free dns provider as well so i can RDP into my home computer. works well.

i'll read about that and compare against the ddwrt dyndns support. not often i'll use it, but i guess if it was easy, i'll more easily use it.

[dotalchemy]

i thought i saw that somewhere when i was flipping thru the screens.

do i have to create scripts? will fiddle with it later. make sure i back up the settings first.

i'll read about that and compare against the ddwrt dyndns support. not often i'll use it, but i guess if it was easy, i'll more easily use it.

You don't need to create any scripts, just enter in your DynDNS account username and password, along with the DNS address I believe, and it'll update the DynDNS account with your IP every time it changes / a schedule you choose.

If you're on the free DynDNS account, you'll want to update at least every 30 days as I believe they expire records that haven't been updated in that long.

I'd give a better answer, but apparently dd-wrt's web interface has locked up and I can't be bothered to find the router and reset it. It's next to my NAS, which responds to ping and does everything you'd expect, but appears to be somewhat displaced in physical space.

[ocabj]

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use LWP::Simple;

my @lines = get("http://checkip.dyndns.org/");

foreach (@lines) {
  chomp($_);
  if ($_ =~ /(\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+)/) {
    my $ipaddr = $1;
    # insert call subroutine/function to email $ipaddr
    exit 0;
  }
}

exit 1;

Write your own subroutine to email $ipaddr to yourself. You most likely won't be able to use local sendmail since your ISP probably blocks any mail routers on the WAN except their own.

[JDay]

i use a free dns provider as well so i can RDP into my home computer. works well.

A free LogMeIn account works just as well and does not require that you know your IP or have a domain.

https://secure.logmein.com/products/free/

[high_revs]

thanks. will give these a try. (and for the sample ocabj)

[Nose Nuggets]

A free LogMeIn account works just as well and does not require that you know your IP or have a domain.

https://secure.logmein.com/products/free/

i like the options available in RDP, and its easy and integrated. i also dont need an application running in the background all the time to do the hook. the dns service i use is free, and it runs as a service.

i use join.me (a log me in product) to do remote sessions with clients through a web browse, awesome little tool. saves me tons of time.

[problemchild]

Hamachi

Its a free app from logmein. It builds a secure vpn to a dynamic IP.

https://secure.logmein.com/products/hamachi/