Linksys DSL Router & Pacbell dynamic IPs

[zap5150]

the setup: Linksys DSL router, Pacbell DSL plugged into the router (with dynamic IP address obtained from Pacbell at modem connect)

anyone know of a way to get the dynamic IP address Pacbell issues their users from outside of the user's network? more specifically, are there any programs capable of obtaining the IP address given and automatically emailing it on when it changes

Thanks

 

[jeter]

go to

http://www.assembly.net/callerid

J.Fisher CCNA
Jeter@LasVegas.com

 

[zap5150]

jeter,

thanks for the reply

that works when I'm in house (like pinging my account using ping -a and the ip address listed under the wan section), but I still need a way to send this address out via email automatically whenever it changes for when I'm away (i.e after the connection is lost & router automatically reconnects); ever heard of a program that will do this for those of us poor folk without a static IP address?

 

[jeter]

I looked at several sites and I can not seem to locate
what you are looking for, Sorry !!! Maybe next time.. J.Fisher CCNA
Jeter@LasVegas.com

 

[rdish41]

You should look into 'dynamic dns service' from

http://www.TZO.com.

You install a small program on your computer that monitors your isp supplied ip address and reports changes to TZO at time intervals you specify. TZO supplies you with a domain name of your choice (example: yourname.TZO.com) Whenever you want to contact your computer from a different location, use the address yourname.TZO.com and TZO forwards the request to your current assigned ip address. The service is free for a month, but if you want to keep it, it's $24.95 a year. I think it works great.

 

[rdish41]

The period I used to end the sentence is preventing the link in my previous post from working.

http://www.tzo.com

 

[zap5150]

thanks jeter & rdish41,

That

http://www.TZO.com

link pushed me in the right direction. I found

http://www.dyndns.org

offers the same sort of service for free if anyone else has a similar dilemma. The clients page under "Dynamic DNS" lists the client programs available. There is a client developers link if anyone is interested in programming their own client. The best client for the LinkSYS that I found so far is KVTek's PostPro (used to be called yiPost). Here's the link

http://www.kvtek.com/yiPost11_notes.asp#LinkSys

Best regards

 

[Shastya]

I use a little program called PostPro from

http://www.kvtek.com/

in combination with

http://www.dhs.org

to update my IP addresses.