Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 00:17:26 GMT From: alantrulock@erols.com (Alan Trulock) To: jim@blues.ghis.net Cc: "Michael G." <mikegoe@ibm.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dynamic IP address Message-ID: <373b185a.71928112@smtp.erols.com> In-Reply-To: <19990513093108.E57394@blues.ghis.net> References: <99051219000900.00342@Nikki.ibm.net> <19990513093108.E57394@blues.ghis.net>
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How about
echo `ifconfig tun0 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2}'`
or write it to a file
echo `ifconfig tun0 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2}'` > /etc/myip
or do this and use it in a script
setenv MYIP `ifconfig tun0 | tail -1 | awk '{print $2}'`
--Alan
On Thu, 13 May 1999 09:31:08 +1000, you wrote:
>On Wed, 12 May 1999 at 18:58:00 -0400, Michael G. wrote:
>> I checked the archives ..but couldn't find this answer...
>>
>> How can I check what my current IP address when I log into my
>> ISP...as it is dynamically allocated at connection? arp didn't
>> seem to get me anywhere because I don't know what my machine is
>> called???...from the outside...
>
>Try 'netstat -rn'. It'll give you something like this..
>
>[jim@blues:~]$ netstat -rn
>Routing tables
>
>Internet:
>Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif
>Expire
>default 203.37.7.2 UGSc 11 0 tun0
>127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 0 41002 lo0
>203.37.7.2 203.37.48.130 UH 12 0 tun0
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ that should be your ip
>
>Also, 'ifconfig tun0' will provide it as well..
>
>[jim@blues:~]$ ifconfig tun0
>tun0: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> inet 203.37.48.130 --> 203.37.7.2 netmask 0xffffff00
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ that's your ip
>
>Hope this helps,
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