Reading Router WAN-side IP programmatically

[stevewauk]

I have an Internet connection through a cable provider who periodically dynamically reassigns a single IP address. I hooked up a router to the cable modem that also does NAT translation and DHCP assignment to a few LAN-connected PCs. I would like to discover the currently assigned WAN-side IP address in a Visual Basic or VB Script program running on one of the LAN-connected PCs (running Windows 2000 server). What is the best way to accomplish this?

 

[jeter]

go online to this url

http://www.assembly.net/callerid/

this will give you your assigned WAN ip address. Jeter@LasVegas.com
J.Fisher CCNA

 

[peterve]

how do you configure your router ? through a website ?
is it password protected ? can you see the IP on that website ?

If so, then I can give you a script to periodically read that string from the router website...
and if you are using dyndns.org (to assign a dns name to a dynamic IP), I can even update it.... ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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