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Subject: Re: Need to monitor when IP Address changes
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Brian John wrote:
> Thanks, but I don't really need Dynamic DNS.  I just want to be able to 
> find out what my home computer's ip address is at any given time.  I'd 
> rather not pay anything because I know that this is something that I 
> could probably do myself with a script.  I would really like to learn 
> how to do this myself.
Dynamic DNS is often free for personal use.  I use DynDNS.org and a 
Netgear firewall/router.  Works dandy and saves me from having to 
research my IP every time Earthlink resets my connection.

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Carleton Vaughn
College Park, Georgia, USA