Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 22:40:45 -0400 From: "Michael G." <mikegoe@ibm.net> To: alantrulock@erols.com (Alan Trulock) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dynamic IP address Message-ID: <99051300140801.00470@Nikki.ibm.net> References: <373b185a.71928112@smtp.erols.com>
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Ok, Thanks!
Michael G.
On Wed, 12 May 1999, you wrote:
> 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..
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