Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 08:39:13 -0700 (MST) From: Technical Director <trodat@ultratrends.com> To: "David S. Jackson" <deepbsd@earthlink.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Finding your dynamic external IP Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0308040833470.3102-100000@server1.ultratrends.com> In-Reply-To: <20030803221318.GA13418@sylvester.dsj.net>
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Hello,
AFAIK in 4.#(.#) releases, /var/db/dhclient.leases also has the current IP
in a block format:
eg:
lease {
interface "de0";
fixed-address X.X.X.X;
on and on
...
}
NOTE: When a new address is assigned it is "appended" to the end of the
leases file.
R.
On Sun, 3 Aug 2003, David S. Jackson wrote:
> If your external IP number changes, as with DHCP, is there a way
> to find out what it currently is? I was thinking you could keep
> BitchX logged into a chat channel and script a /dns yournick and
> email yourself the results from time to time.
>
> How would you do it?
>
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