[nzlug] wan ip address

[Sid Bachtiar]

> On 7/28/06, Shane <shane at weasel.is-a-geek.net> wrote:

is-a-geek.net is dyndns domain isn't it? So you can set email server
with dynamic dns too?

> On Friday 28 July 2006 09:24, Sid Bachtiar wrote:
> > I was wrong, netstat was not giving me my wan address, it was some
> > other external address. I found that the best solution is to just use
> > dyndns page: http://checkip.dyndns.org or in the ddclient config add
> > this line:
> >
> > use=web, web=http://checkip.dyndns.org
>
> When I had a dynamic address I wrote a perl script that logged into my
> router, interrogated it for the wan address, and then reacted accordingly.
> The point was, I didnt like the method used by most dyndns clients, which was
> to contact an offsite webserver and have my ip reported back (too many points
> of failure for my liking)
> My router was, and still is, ye olde crappy(tm) dlink 302G freebie from
> telecom.  Your router *should* have some documentation if this method appeals

Mine is a Dicksmith router, I must have a look at its documentation
later. But since dyndns provides an ip check service, I think that is
a good option too. I like coding, but have less and less time these
days.