[lug] Detect remote IP Address

[Holshouser, David]

is there any reason you can't setup a dynamic dns service (free) so that you
can just access this box by name?
The dyn dns system comes with software to update it's name==IP entry
whenever the box comes online.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ferdinand Schmid [mailto:fschmid at archenergy.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 4:01 PM
> To: lug
> Subject: [lug] Detect remote IP Address
> 
> 
> HI,
> I have a remote system that I am trying to check in with on a 
> regular basis. 
> This system connects to the Internet on demand and receives a 
> dynamically 
> assigned IP address.
> 
> My current way of identifying this system is to have an on 
> site person initiate 
> an ssh connection to one of my systems that doesn't accept 
> ssh and then I look 
> up the IP address in my firewall logs.
> 
> Now I would like to have a cron job that does the above for 
> me once a day.  But 
> I can't get ssh or telnet or ftp... to limit their connection 
> attempts.  I 
> experimented with ssh's ConnectionAttempts parameter with no luck.
> 
> I don't really want to send out an e-mail with the remote 
> system's IP address to 
> myself every time the system becomes available.
> 
> Any ideas?  I could send a few random IP packets to trip my 
> firewall - but I 
> haven't ever had to do that and don't know - and if this 
> approach would be 
> appropriate anyway.  So I am open for suggestions.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ferdinand
> 
> --
> Ferdinand Schmid
> http://www.archenergy.com
> 303-444-4149 x231
> 
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