Need to monitor when IP Address changes

[Brian O'Regan]

It would probably easier all round to use a service like dyndns.org.

Cheers

On Thu, 13 Jan 2005, Brian John wrote:

> That's awesome.  Very simple.  Now how could I have it figure out if the
> IP address has actually changed?  I only want it to email me if it
> changes.  Sorry, I'm very fluent in Windows but have only been using
> FreeBSD for a couple of days.
>
> Thanks!
>
> /Brian
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>> ifconfig dc0 | mail -s ip_address your at emailaddress
>>
>> Should do it if you are not using a router.
>>
>> On Thursday 13 January 2005 01:01, Brian John wrote:
>>> Hi, I have SSH setup on my box and home and I want to be able to SSH to
>>> it from work.  The only problem is, my ISP uses DHCP, so my IP address
>>> changes.  I would like to write a script to monitor my IP address and
>>> email me when it changes.  Can somebody help me do this?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> /Brian
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