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Subject: Re: Finding your dynamic external IP
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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?
> 
> -- 
> David S. Jackson                        dsj@dsj.net
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