Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2012 10:21:44 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?D=E1nielisz_L=E1szl=F3?= <laszlo_danielisz@yahoo.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: IP -> e-mail Message-ID: <44ipf48qrr.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <1338973608.78319.YahooMailNeo@web162906.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> (=?iso-8859-1?Q?=22D=E1nielisz_L=E1szl=F3=22's?= message of "Wed, 6 Jun 2012 02:06:48 -0700 (PDT)") References: <1338973608.78319.YahooMailNeo@web162906.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
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D=E1nielisz L=E1szl=F3 <laszlo_danielisz@yahoo.com> writes: > Let say my computer is connected to the internet with a cable modem and h= as a dynamic IP address via DHCP. This address is refreshed after every ran= dom days. > I want to know the new address even when I'm not home. Like send an e-mai= l with the new IP, I already know how to do this, but how can I track the e= vent when my computer receives the new IP? > Any ideas or same issues? dhclient-script(8) has provision for running scripts on any DHCP event, and provides both new and old IP addresses in environment variables. If they're different, fire off an e-mail.
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